[Epoch Times September 18, 2021](Interviews and reports by Epoch Times reporters Li Shanshan and Li Yun) The epidemic in Fujian continues to spread, and the middle and high risk areas of the epidemic in China are concentrated in this province. At present, gene sequencing has been detected as a Delta mutant strain. On the 18th, Zhangzhou was also closed due to the spread of the epidemic. According to a report from the Fujian Health Commission, more than 140,000 people have left the province where the epidemic occurred after the outbreak.
Following Putian, Quanzhou, and Xiamen, a new round of the epidemic in Fujian has spread to the fourth city-Zhangzhou.
According to a report from the Zhangzhou Municipal Health Commission, from 16 to 9 o’clock on the 17th, two new confirmed cases of the virus were added to the Taiwanese Investment Zone in Zhangzhou, Fujian, both of which were family members of the confirmed case He Mou living together on the 16th.
On September 18, Li Hong (pseudonym), a resident of Longhai District, Zhangzhou City, told The Epoch Times that Zhangzhou had been listed as a prevention and control zone, all shops were closed, vehicles were suspended, and highways were also blocked.
Li Hong said, “The government requires all people not to leave Zhangzhou. Now all of us are marked with asterisks in the itinerary code. The epidemic is too violent and scary. The government has only announced 3 cases. There should be more than 3 cases. I don’t know.” As far as I know, the itinerary code is marked with an asterisk, which means that the user has visited a medium-to-high-risk area in the previous 14 days.
Li Hong said, “Everyone panicked after the outbreak, grabbing food and supplies. The prices of local food and meat and vegetables have risen very high, and vegetables have risen by several yuan per catty. But vegetables are no longer available. From the 18th, the vegetable market has also been closed.”
All districts in Zhangzhou are closed for management of nucleic acid testing for teachers and students in the city
On the morning of the 18th, Zhangzhou City held a press conference to inform the local epidemic prevention and control situation. From that day, Fulong Community, a Taiwanese investment zone, was listed as a medium-risk area. Wanyi Xuefu Garden District is listed as a closed control area. The entire investment zone is listed as a control zone. List 6 districts including Longhai District and Changtai District as prevention zones.
At the same time, the city’s residential communities (villages) implement closed management, and the city’s teachers, students, staff, and medical personnel implement nucleic acid testing for all employees. It is not necessary for the whole people to leave Zhangzhang, and at the same time organize circulation and traceability in the whole city. Suspend operation activities in public places and all kinds of group gathering activities.
Zhang De (pseudonym) from Jiaomei Town, Longhai District, Zhangzhou, told The Epoch Times that confirmed cases of the virus had also been found in Jiaomei Town, and Jiaomei had become an epidemic prevention zone. He pointed out that the epidemic in Zhangzhou was infected by Xiamen. A woman surnamed He worked in Tong’an District, Xiamen, and returned to Zhangzhou after contracting the virus. She tested positive for nucleic acid in Jiaomei Town.
He said, “The daughter of a woman surnamed He who goes to kindergarten and her husband who works in Xiamen, as close contacts, were sent to the isolation point and tested positive for nucleic acid. Their place of residence-Wanyi Academy in Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone was sealed and charged. NS.”
140,000 people have left the epidemic area with the delta strain of the epidemic
On the afternoon of the 17th, the Information Office of the Fujian Provincial Government held a press conference, reporting that as of 24:00 on the 16th, a total of 140,865 people had been discharged from the place where the epidemic occurred.
It was introduced at the press conference that the Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted viral genome sequencing on positive infections. The 56 cases that have been analyzed are all Delta mutant strains, all of which belong to the same transmission chain.
At present, the high-risk areas of the epidemic in all of China are concentrated in Fujian, which has become a new base for Delta mutant strains.
According to the Fujian Health Commission’s website, from 0 to 24:00 on the 17th, the province reported 31 new confirmed cases (8 in Xiamen, 2 in Zhangzhou, and 21 in Putian). Since the 10th, the province has reported a total of 292 Of the confirmed cases, 6,596 close contacts are under medical observation.
Since the CCP has consistently concealed the truth of the epidemic, the outside world is worried that more people will actually be infected and the spread of the virus will be wider.
In this round of the epidemic in Fujian, schools and kindergartens have become the main transmission centers. At least 10 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens have broken out in Putian City, the hardest hit area of the epidemic.
The spokesperson of the Chinese Communist Party Health Commission Mi Feng said on the 16th that more than half of the new cases of the epidemic were teachers and students in elementary and middle schools and kindergartens and factory employees.
Strictly control family members everywhere and reduce contact
In order to prevent and control the continued spread of the epidemic, local governments have ordered comprehensive screening, to catch potential infections, enforce centralized quarantine, and enter a state of quasi-closed city. People are not allowed to go out unless necessary.
Putian citizen Mr. Wang told The Epoch Times on the 18th, “This time, because many people were infected with the Delta mutant strain, this virus is relatively powerful and spreads very fast, so the government has made a big move.”
As of the 17th, 10 medium- and high-risk zones in Xianyou County, Putian have been designated as closed zones. Areas are closed, staying at home, gatherings are strictly forbidden, masks should be worn for home isolation, and family members should also try to minimize contact and other containment measures.
Passenger lines in Putian, Xiamen and other 4 cities have been suspended
Mr. Wang, a staff member of the Fuzhou Bus Station, told The Epoch Times on the 18th, “Due to the spread of the epidemic, all buses from Fuzhou to Putian, Xiamen, etc. have been suspended, and the passenger stations in Putian, Xiamen, and Zhangzhou have also stopped. We are in the epidemic area here. It stopped in that direction. You can leave from other places, but you can’t enter. The trains have also stopped and the highways have been closed.”
At the press conference on epidemic prevention and control held in Fujian on the 17th, it was announced that from that day, Putian, Xiamen, Quanzhou Quangang and Zhangzhou Taiwanese Investment Zones will be completely suspended, and will be suspended or adjusted. On some bus lines, taxi services to and from other cities have been suspended.
In terms of water passenger transportation, passenger routes such as Putian Meizhou Island, Nanri Island, Xiamen to Zhangzhou, and Xiamen intra-city tourism have been suspended. Xiamen Port retains only one tourist route from Xiamen to Gulangyu Island and a civil route, Putian Meizhou Island, Nanri Island, etc. The island only arranges one flight per day to guarantee epidemic prevention and the transportation of civilian materials.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the epidemic situation in Fujian is still expanding. The Ministry of Communications of the Communist Party of China has notified on the 16th that passenger transport services in and out of the high-risk areas will be suspended. Notices have also been issued in various places, advocating citizens to celebrate the festival on the spot.
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