China Lifts Lockdown On Hubei Province Despite COVID-19 Resurgence

People flooded onto trains and buses in Hubei province on
Wednesday after China lifted a two-month lockdown on the epicenter
of the coronavirus outbreak, which began in the eastern city of
Wuhan (roughly
900 feet from a
laboratory where they were experimenting on
bat coronavirus that’s 96% genetically
identical to COVID-19).

At a railway station in the city of Macheng, there were
long queues of people lugging suitcases in the rain as
they queued for trains.

Children in masks were among those waiting, while guards
directed the crowds and station announcements offered details of
trains to destinations across the country.

Footage from Xinhua News Agency showed migrant workers
in Huanggang — one of the cities worst-hit by the coronavirus
outbreak — queuing for long-distance coaches. –RTHK.hk

“I have been at home in Hubei for more than two months,” said
one unnamed worker returning to Wenzhou in Zhejiang province.

While trains and buses are not yet operating in
Wuhan, 30 highways leading into the city were
re-opened on Wednesday according to state media, which
showed jam-packed roads.

According to state broadcaster CCTV, a state police traffic
officer said that people are allowed to travel in and out of Hubei
as long as they have a “green” health code issued by authorities,
according to RTHK.

It’s not over, however

While CCP officials claim there have been no new local
infections in Wuhan over the last few days, RTHK sources say that’s
“simply
not the case,” and that people are being turned away
from hospitals without being tested in order to back the
official data.

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A member of a volunteer group said his mother, who is in
hospital with a heart problem, had seen coronavirus patients being
turned away by staff.

Zhang Yi said it is a political need that is making mainland
authorities claim there have been no new local infections.

He said he had received messages from officials which
showed there were still people coming down with the disease in
Wuhan.

“Whether the official figure is accurate or not, I think you
will know. This is a political treatment, not medical treatment,”
he said. –RTHK

Meanwhile,
one of China’s own top experts, professor Li Lanjuan- who has
been handling the medical aspect of the Wuhan outbreak – says she
is “very worried that imported cases could trigger another
large-scale epidemic” in the country.

Her comment came after health officials reported the country’s
first case of someone who is believed to have contracted the
disease, known as COVID-19, from another person returning from
abroad.

It also came as life in former epicentre Wuhan is slowly
returning to normal following a two-month draconian lockdown.
–Daily
Mail

“The mission in Wuhan has not been accomplished, and there are
still many critical patients,” said Li, adding “I think the current
situation in our country is very tough.”