[The Epoch Times, March 12, 2022](The Epoch Times reporters Li Yun and Li Shanshan interviewed and reported) Guangzhou Pazhou Canton Fair Complex was suddenly closed on March 11 due to the discovery of the epidemic, which caused panic among the staff in the museum, and more than 10,000 people worked desperately. Fleeing, and some people jumped over the wall to escape. Those locked in the museum must undergo nucleic acid testing on the spot. Guangzhou announced on the 12th that 49,000 people in the museum have been sampled for nucleic acid.
Guangzhou media reported on March 12 that people who tested positive for nucleic acid were found in Yuncheng Street, Guangzhou City on the 11th. Guangzhou City issued an emergency notice to suspend all exhibition activities in the city from now on.
The Epidemic Prevention and Control Office of Haizhu District, Guangzhou City issued a notice on the 11th that there were suspected infected persons entering the Pazhou Canton Fair Complex. According to the relevant requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the exhibition hall adopted the control measures of “temporary closure, no entry or exit”, and required exhibitors Cooperate with the closing work.
The Pazhou Canton Fair suddenly stopped and closed the exhibition hall, causing panic among the staff in the hall. The live video showed that the museum was crowded with people and crowded into groups. A large number of people rushed to flee outside the museum, and many people fled over the walls and fences of more than two meters.
A number of netizens in the exhibition hall posted a video introduction. The Pazhou Exhibition Hall was completely blocked, and tens of thousands of people retreated. It is estimated that people with phobias dare not watch this scene. It is too scary.
On March 12, Mr. Li, who lives near the exhibition hall, told the Epoch Times reporter: “The Pazhou Canton Fair is hosting the International Beauty Expo, which is the exhibition with the largest number of people in the entire Guangzhou exhibition. It was announced on the afternoon of the 11th that the pavilion would be closed. Tens of thousands of merchants and exhibitors were all evacuated from various exhibition halls.”
Mr. Li said that the person who escaped within the first 10 seconds successfully left, and the person behind was stopped urgently. The authorities asked everyone to do nucleic acid testing on the spot. “Because there are too many people, even if the nucleic acid test is not required, the people behind will have to wait for several hours to escape, so tens of thousands of people are all trapped in the exhibition hall, covered in darkness, which looks rather scary.”
“I live next door to the exhibition hall. As soon as I heard that the exhibition hall was closed, I immediately left home to live in another place, worried that I would be locked at home. Now it seems that there is only some isolation in the area, and there are almost no closed areas near the exhibition hall. , the road is not closed,” he said.
Ms. Zheng, a merchant in the Pazhou Complex, told the Epoch Times reporter on the morning of the 12th, “An infected person in Shenzhen was found near the exhibition hall, and the authorities demanded to close the exhibition hall immediately. The exhibition hall was closed yesterday (11th) night, but there are still Many people are trapped in the museum. Because they all have to do nucleic acid testing in a unified way, medical staff are still doing nucleic acid testing on the spot.”
Guangzhou City held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control on the 12th to report that 154 close contacts and 82 close contacts of new cases have been identified, and nucleic acid sampling and control measures have been implemented. All 1,292 key groups of people have become “yellow codes”. As of 10:00, the nucleic acid sampling results of 49,000 people at the Pazhou Complex have been obtained, all of which are negative.
Mr. Li said that not only do all the staff in the exhibition hall do nucleic acid, but in fact they also do nucleic acid every day: “The epidemic is really serious now. The Shenzhen epidemic has affected Dongguan and Guangzhou, and no one in the Pearl River Delta can escape. My friends from Shenzhen Said that they are also required to do nucleic acid every day, if they don’t do it, they will turn into a yellow code, and they can’t go anywhere, forcing you to do nucleic acid every day.”
Responsible editor: Lin Congwen