[Epoch Times, June 20, 2021](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Li Jing) As the “engine” of China’s economy, the epidemic in Guangdong Province is currently getting worse. On June 19, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan all issued epidemic notices, implementing strict control measures on local people and traffic. A week ago, Guangzhou and other cities in the province have generally implemented strict control measures.
According to the epidemic data from the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 9:00 on June 19, 2021, there are 1 high-risk areas and 12 medium-risk areas in the country, all of which are in Guangdong Province.
Among them, the high-risk area is Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province; the medium-risk area is located in Yuexiu District, Baiyun District, Panyu District, Liwan District, Nansha District, Dongguan City, Foshan City, and Wuchuan City under the jurisdiction of Zhanjiang City.
The epidemic continues to spread and enters a state of “semi-closed province” to strictly control the flow of people
On the same day on June 19, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan all issued epidemic notices to strictly control the movement of local people and vehicles.
According to an official announcement by Shenzhen City, starting from June 18, 2021, an area in Shenzhen will be adjusted from a low-risk area to a medium-risk area. Starting at 0:00 on June 20th, the government requires citizens not to leave Shenzhen or leave the province if they do need to leave Shenzhen and leave the province, they should prepare a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours in advance.
According to the notice, due to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, all passengers leaving Shenzhen from Shenzhen airport, railway station, bus station, wharf and other transportation stations must issue a “health code” green code and a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours.
The cities of Zhuhai and Dongguan also issued similar notices, implementing strict control measures on local personnel and vehicles.
In addition, Dongguan City also stated in the notice that starting from June 19, 2021, an area of Dongguan City will be adjusted from a low-risk area to a medium-risk area. However, Dongguan Kanghua Hospital issued an emergency notice on the 18th, and from now on, except for the inpatient department, other departments of the hospital will suspend reception.
As Guangdong Province, which has the largest economic aggregate in the country, as of now, the four major cities with the highest GDP in the province, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan, and Dongguan, have all issued epidemic notices to strictly control the movement of people and implement indirect City” measures.
The Epoch Times reporter found that before the aforementioned Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan release of epidemic control measures, Huizhou and Shanwei were as early as June 8, and Guangzhou, Foshan, Maoming, Zhongshan, Chaoshan, Zhaoqing, Jieyang, Qingyuan, and Heyuan were on June 7. On June 6th, Dongguan, Jiangmen, Zhanjiang, Shaoguan, Meizhou, and Chaozhou respectively initiated strict epidemic control measures. Officials all require citizens not to leave the local city or leave the province unless necessary, and strictly control traffic.
Guangdong’s vaccine supply ranks first in the country, Guangzhou takes the lead in “closing the city”
Before the large-scale outbreak of the epidemic in Guangdong Province, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of the Communist Party of China held an epidemic briefing on May 20. Duan Yufei, director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, declared that “Guangdong Province ranks first in the country in terms of accumulative vaccination”.
Duan Yufei also mentioned that when the supply of vaccines in the early stage was insufficient, the priority was to ensure the supply of vaccines in the first-class areas such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, and Dongguan. Then gradually increase the supply of vaccines to the second and third types of areas.
But not long after, as the capital of Guangdong Province, most of the 11 districts in Guangzhou fell, causing panic among the citizens. On the evening of May 30th, the Guangzhou authorities began to “close the city” and at the same time adopted “restricted traffic” and “restricted purchases” measures on the local people.
Two weeks later, Foshan City, which borders it, also entered a “closed city” state. Foshan Airport suspended operations; inter-provincial passenger lines and chartered bus services were suspended; local roads bordering Guangzhou City were closed; some inter-city bus lines were suspended; Foshan The city’s public transportation is adjusted; candidates must undergo continuous body temperature testing and health monitoring.
A netizen who claimed to be in the closed area of Fangcun, Liwan District, Guangzhou pointed out: “People in the closed area are full of grievances and dare not say. Now they are sprayed as long as they have a different voice. They don’t understand why a good country can’t tolerate criticism.” Netizens said, “If you obviously didn’t do a good job, you don’t want to promote how well you did it, and you’re still doing it for yourself.”
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