[Front-line interviews]Jilin Changchun Epidemic Outbreak Dajian Fangcang | Jilin Epidemic | Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology College | Jilin Provincial Tuberculosis Hospital

[The Epoch Times, March 13, 2022](The Epoch Times reporters Lin Cenxin and Luo Ya interviewed and reported) The Omicron epidemic spread rapidly in Jilin and Changchun. The local emergency construction of makeshift hospitals, three more from the three currently in use, with plans to add 10,000 beds, shows that the epidemic has broken out on a large scale.

Jilin adds another 10,000 beds to the outbreak

According to statistics released by the Jilin Provincial Health and Health Commission, since March, there have been 2,059 confirmed cases and 1,530 asymptomatic infections, more than half of which appeared on the 12th, mainly in Jilin and Changchun.

Ms. Zheng, a citizen of Jilin, told The Epoch Times on March 13 that since the outbreak of the epidemic, nucleic acid testing has been done every day, but every time the test is completed, more cases will be reported. I heard that the number of cases is too large to be reported, indicating that the actual number of infections may be More people than currently reported.

Ms. Zheng said, “We have done (nucleic acid testing) eight times now, and we have to do it every day, because when we do nucleic acid testing, someone will be detected from it, every day, and now if someone is detected, we can’t report it, too many .”

In response to the outbreak of the epidemic in Jilin, officials said that three makeshift hospitals have been put into use, with a total of nearly 1,200 beds, to treat asymptomatic infections and some mild cases. It was announced on the evening of the 13th that three more hospitals are being built as soon as possible. Fangcang cabin hospital, the goal is to set up 10,000 beds.

Two major schools cause intra-school and community transmission

The outbreak of the epidemic in Jilin is related to the movement of students after returning to school and after the school starts.

The sources of students at Jilin University of Agriculture and Technology Jiuzhan Campus include students from both the province and other provinces. The school started, and the students returned to the school one after another from February 23 to 26. After the nucleic acid test of all staff in the school on March 4 found positive cases, All 13 student apartment buildings in the school are under closed management. Many of the cases that followed were diagnosed during the lockdown.

A large number of students are worried about cross-infection and complain online. On March 10, Zhang Lifeng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology College, was dismissed.

Ms. Zheng said, “There are so many teachers and students in Jilin Agricultural College, and it is not well controlled. Yesterday and the day before yesterday, 300 buses sent the students to Liaoyuan, Changbai Mountain, and Yanji. Because Jilin City could not live in it, Fangcang shelter hospitals were built. .”

In Changchun City, of the 873 newly infected people on the 12th, 654 were in Jiutai District. The parents of some students said that after the school had a case on March 5, the school took measures to let the students go home and isolate. , causing the spread of the epidemic.

Ms. Zheng said, “The case occurred in Jiutai No. 1 Middle School. In the beginning, the teacher was infected with it. When they came back to school, many senior high school students were infected, and they also infected their parents when they returned home. One by one, Jiutai is now very powerful, that Changchun. Hundreds of cases were added at once last night.”

The family of a student surnamed Wang in Class 36 of Jiutai No. 1 Middle School and Senior High School, who asked for help on Weibo, said that the student surnamed Wang has been having a fever since leaving the school and was quarantined at home. There is no medicine at home, and no one has applied for nucleic acid testing. to do. In the end, they threatened to jump off the building, and only then did someone come to the door to do nucleic acid. The 6-year-old brother of the student surnamed Wang also developed fever and was almost in shock.

On March 13, the No. 1 Middle School in Jiutai District has been adjusted to a medium-risk area.

Jilin Province Tuberculosis Hospital broke out of nosocomial infection. On March 12, a video of a doctor’s family crying in the property group was widely circulated, “It has been almost a week since the outbreak of the outbreak in our tuberculosis hospital. At first, the patient’s family tested positive, and then the patient’s examination was followed. If they are positive, then the doctor, nurse and others are all positive, they are not allowed to isolate, and they are allowed to continue to work.”

The family member also said, “My husband is the doctor there. Now both negative and positive are together. The tuberculosis hospital has tested more than 100 positives in three days, and it continues to develop.” She questioned the hospital’s concealment. Newspaper, she also had no way to say it, because she was worried that her child would not have a father when she was born.

Most of the nearby businesses are unaware of the nosocomial infection in the provincial tuberculosis hospital. A merchant said that because of the epidemic, the store has been closed for 10 days, and the situation of nosocomial tuberculosis infection cannot be known.

On the afternoon of the 13th, a reporter from The Epoch Times called a representative of the Municipal People’s Congress in Jilin, who oversees labor rights and interests, and asked a family member of the Provincial Tuberculosis Hospital to complain about the implosion infection in the hospital.

The reporter asked: “Do you know about this?” The other party replied: “Of course, that was a few days ago, and we are all dealing with it here!”

Through the introduction, the reporter found Gao Gao Bao, director of health and health in Jiutai District, and asked the other party if he saw the family members of the doctors in the online tuberculosis hospital crying, and the hospital let the infected doctors continue to work. The other party interrupted the reporter’s question and asked “Who are you?” When it was learned that the reporter was interviewing, the other party hung up the phone, and the reporter called again, showing a busy signal.

According to news released by Jiutai Rong Media, on March 12, the post of Secretary of the Party Group of the Jiutai District Health Bureau of Gaobao Baojiu was dismissed.

The “Jilin Daily” reported that on the 12th, the governor of Jilin Province, Han Jun, made a video connection with the Provincial Tuberculosis Hospital to arrange a transfer vehicle.

However, some netizens called for attention to the Affiliated Hospital of Jilin Medical College, namely the 465 Hospital, which may have nosocomial infection. The reporter called the 465 hospital on the afternoon of the 13th. The staff denied that there was nosocomial infection, and said that the doctors and nurses lived in the hotel and were not allowed to go home. Other detailed questions were not answered by the other party.

Responsible editor: Gao Jing#