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Nervous about anti-blockade protests in China… State media should do their best for the convenience of the common people

Quarantine authorities send a working group to check the quarantine situation to all local governments
People’s Daily and Xinhua News Agency, Emphasize Proper Quarantine, “We must not inconvenience the common people”

It is clear that the Chinese authorities are embarrassed as residents protest against the zero corona policy in various places such as Beijing and Shanghai, China.

‘Xi Jinping step down! Step down from the Communist Party!’ As public protest slogans against the main leaders appeared, the authorities shifted responsibility to local governments and it evolved rapidly.

According to the state-run Global Times on the 28th, the National Health Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China’s quarantine authorities, sent a working group to oversee the COVID-19 quarantine situation to all local governments.

Although China’s State Council announced 20 policies earlier this month, including shortening the quarantine period for close contacts and refraining from large-scale barriers under the name of ‘scientific quarantine and detailed quarantine’, local governments did not implement them right, and protests. against government policy

As a result, the working group will closely examine the quarantine policies of local governments and play a role in correcting incorrect policies, the newspaper explained.

Government-run media outlets that reflect the authorities’ position also began to drum up support, emphasizing strict quarantine.

The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, emphasized the need to implement the government’s quarantine policy well through a front-page commentary titled “Efficiency must be increased through scientific and precise quarantine.”

China, tension against protests against blockade... state media

The People’s Daily said, “Measures to detect infected people in time, accurately determine close contacts, and accurately determine risk zones are to preempt the baseline for infectious disease control.” That must be done with certainty,” he said.

“Every region and every department must break through the difficulties through more determined and bold measures,” he said.

Xinhua, the state-run news agency, also stressed in an editorial that the quarantine policy should not cause inconvenience to residents’ lives, saying, “The only goal of the quarantine policy is to make the people happy and protect everyone’s health.”

In connection with the recent apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang Urumqi, where 10 people died and 9 others were injured, it is interpreted to reflect the claim that the installations for the blockade of the apartment block the rapid evolution and the damage increased .

“Party committees and governments at all levels must raise the level of scientific quarantine and optimize sero-corona measures to reduce the impact of infectious diseases on public life,” the KCNA said. We will meet the day we win.”

China, tension against protests against blockade... state media

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