The situation in China is not normal and people are suffering. Chinese Communist Party is constantly trying to hide their plight but some things cannot be hidden for a very long time and will come out, as the world’s most populous country faces a mega health crisis. The recent crisis is the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, which the Xi Jinping administration will obviously deny, coupled with the lockdowns and travel restrictions. However, one fact that this clarifies is that China does not trust its own vaccines.
China has reported a sudden surge in COVID-19 infections in the country’s south, with new local cases detected in the city of Guangzhou causing a flurry of flight cancellations. Another 11 instances of COVID-19 were discovered in the city on Wednesday, according to Chinese authorities. In the last few days, the city has seen more than 30 cases of local transmission. There were no new occurrences of death.
According to genome sequencing results, recent cases in the city were caused by a fast-spreading virus strain discovered in India, Chen Bin, deputy director of the city’s municipal health commission, said at a press briefing on Sunday. According to the most recent census, Guangzhou is one of China’s four first-tier megacities, with a population of over 18.67 million people.
According to Xinhua, Chen Bin, the deputy chief of the provincial health commission, all domestically transmitted cases detected in Guangzhou since May 21 have been connected to the B.1.617 coronavirus strain.
Chinese authorities have announced that people leaving Guangzhou must test negative for the coronavirus within 72 hours before the trip. Roughly 520 flights were cancelled at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, one of the world’s busiest air travel hubs, as of 11:40 am local time on Monday, CNA news agency reported, citing aviation data provider VariFlight.
The authorities had already issued stay-at-home orders and restricted travel on the metro and buses for inhabitants of many streets in the city’s Liwan District, where the first infected patient was discovered on May 21. Large gatherings were prohibited throughout Guangzhou, while indoor venues were instructed to operate at a reduced capacity, and targeted mass-testing initiatives were begun.
Such a situation comes in the backdrop of the Xi Jinping administration proudly boasting about its vaccination programme. This also becomes clear by the fact that China is still following the policies which were employed when there were no vaccines. Moreover, this also justifies the fact that China does not trust its own vaccines.