A Wuhan suburb – that of Jiangxia – went into lockdown after 4 cases of people tested positive for the coronavirus
Lockdown is back in Wuhan.
Chinese authorities have ordered the lockdown of Jiangxia, a suburb of the city that is home to about a million people, after four asymptomatic cases of coronavirus were identified. The lockdown lasts three days.
This is the first time the Chinese metropolis, which has a combined population of 12 million, has returned to order a lockdown from 2020.
China is sticking to its zero-Covid policy, applying lockdowns, restrictions on movement and large-scale testing, although the more contagious variants of the disease appear to be able to circumvent many of the containment measures.
The zero Covid strategy is increasingly being questioned in China due to its very high costs, both economically and socially. The authorities consider it essential to prevent the collapse of health structures in the face of too high case waves.
Two days ago, a study published in Science confirmed that the first epicenter of what would later become the Covid pandemic touched the Wuhan market.
As written here, the researchers reconstructed the early stages of the story, focusing on the spread of known cases in humans and mammals sensitive to Sars-CoV-2 and linking them to positive environmental samples, such as: B. Cages. All reconstructions led back to Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.
“Although there is insufficient evidence to define the events that preceded it and the exact circumstances remain unclear, our analyzes indicate that the spread of the virus originated from the live wildlife trade in China and shows that the Huanan market was the epicenter of the pandemic,” the authors said.
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Jul 28, 2022 (Modified Jul 28, 2022 | 10:07 am)
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