Reuters (October 27) reported that as new cases exceed 1,000 nationwide for third day, enough
to trigger more curbs, Guangzhou seals up streets and neighbourhoods while Wuhan orders
more than 800,000 people to stay home. Wuhan also suspended the sale of pork in parts of the
city, according to images and posts on social media, after one case was found that authorities
said was linked to the local pork supply chain. In Xining, capital of Qinghai province, social
media posts told of food shortages and price inflation for essential goods as health authorities
in the city of 2.5 million people raced to contain a Covid-19 rebound following the week-long
National Day holiday in early October. A Xining government official said, “To reduce the risk
of transmission, some vegetable and fruit stores have been closed and put under quarantine.”
Other large cities across China including Zhengzhou, Datong and Xian have implemented new
curbs this week to rein in local outbreaks and in Beijing, the Universal Resort theme park was
closed on October 26 after at least one visitor tested positive for the coronavirus.
ii) Separately, the Hubei Daily (October 27) published an article captioned 'Our province
strengthens social prevention and control of the epidemic', which claimed that "since October,
in the face of a sudden new round of epidemics, our province has unswervingly adhered to the
general strategy of "foreign import, internal rebound" and the general policy of "dynamic
clearing", strengthening the social prevention and control of the epidemic to ensure that no
scale occurs. "At present, the epidemic situation in the whole province is generally under
control, showing a stable and positive trend, but due to the continuous input, the risk of
prevention and control is still relatively high."
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