{"id":15045,"date":"2020-04-13T17:48:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T21:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=15045"},"modified":"2020-04-21T16:39:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:39:34","slug":"china-ends-wuhan-coronavirus-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/china-ends-wuhan-coronavirus-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"China Ends Wuhan Coronavirus Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, is considered the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. The virus likely jumped from animals to people in South China Seafood Market, where a variety of wild animals were sold.<\/p>\n

On January 23, the death toll from the coronavirus had risen to 17, all from Hubei. But the virus had already spread outside the province. The Chinese authorities confirmed more than 500 cases of patients infected with the virus around the country. Causalities were also reported outside of China. In an effort to\u00a0quarantine\u00a0the center of\u00a0the outbreak, the Chinese government issued a lockdown order (\u5c01\u57ce\u4ee4 <\/strong>f\u0113ng ch\u00e9ng l\u00ecng) in\u00a0Wuhan\u00a0and other cities in\u00a0Hubei.<\/p>\n

Wuhan was sealed off. All forms of public transportation were halted. Buses, railways, flights, and ferry services were suspended. Lockdown measures became drastic as days passed by, ramping up efforts to keep Wuhan residents inside their homes. Private use of cars was banned; non-essential public places were all (\u4e00\u5f8b <\/strong>y\u012b l\u01dc) closed; mass gathering activities were prohibited. Wuhan, a city with a population of 11 million people, had turned into a ghost town. Wuhan was shut down in a bid to prevent further spread of the disease, as it said:\u00a0 \u5c01\u4e00\u5ea7\u57ce\uff0c\u62a4\u4e00\u56fd\u4eba<\/strong> (f\u0113ng y\u012b zu\u00f2 ch\u00e9ng, h\u00f9 y\u012b gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n, seal a city to protect a country).<\/p>\n

New regulations of around-the-clock closed management (\u5c01\u95ed\u7ba1\u7406 <\/strong>gu\u01cen l\u01d0 f\u0113ng b\u00ec) was ordered<\/a> in all of Hubei province. Community officials enforced 24\/7 strict supervision. Residential compounds were closed to all but their inhabitants. Security guards were monitoring the temperatures of anyone going in. Residents\u2019 health investigations were conducted, including door to door health checks without previous warning. The new order insisted:<\/p>\n

\u4e0d\u6f0f\u4e00\u6237\u3001\u4e0d\u843d\u4e00\u4eba\u3001\u4e0d\u65ad\u4e00\u5929<\/strong><\/p>\n

B\u00f9 l\u00f2u y\u012b h\u00f9, b\u00f9 lu\u00f2 y\u012b r\u00e9n, b\u00f9 du\u00e0n y\u012b ti\u0101n<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t leave out any house, don\u2019t miss out any person, don\u2019t stop even for a day<\/em><\/p>\n

People who bought\u00a0 cold and fever medicines were required to fill in their personal information. Each household was allowed (\u5141\u8bb8 <\/strong>y\u01d4n x\u01d4) to send only one person out once every three days to purchase groceries. Some buildings even forcibly shuttered their residents in, requiring them to order in food and supplies.<\/p>\n

Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China, declared:<\/p>\n

\u7a33\u4f4f\u4e86\u6e56\u5317\u75ab\u60c5\uff0c\u5c31\u7a33\u5b9a\u4e86\u5168\u56fd\u5927\u5c40 <\/strong><\/p>\n

W\u011bn zh\u00f9 le h\u00fa b\u011bi y\u00ec q\u00edng, ji\u00f9 w\u011bn d\u00ecng le qu\u00e1n gu\u00f3 d\u00e0 j\u00fa<\/p>\n

Stabilizing the epidemic in Hubei will stabilize the overall situation in the country<\/em><\/p>\n

On March 19, for the first time since the outbreak, the city of Wuhan registered no new cases in 24 hours. Several days later the city had gradually returned to everyday life. Buses and underground trains resumed (\u6062\u590d <\/strong>hu\u012b f\u00f9) service. Shops opened their doors again. Residents with a green health code in their smartphone software Health Code system, signifying their virus-free status, returned (\u91cd\u8fd4 <\/strong>ch\u00f3ng f\u01cen) to work. On April 8, Wuhan officially lifted its 76-day lockdown. After more than ten weeks the final restrictions preventing people from leaving Wuhan had ended.<\/p>\n

The occasion was marked with a colorful light show which brightened up the city\u2019s skyline. Skyscrapers and bridges on either side of the broad Yangtze River were radiating animated images of medical workers, along with the words \u6b66\u6c49\u5fc5\u80dc\uff0c\u6e56\u5317\u5fc5\u80dc\uff0c\u4e2d\u56fd\u5fc5\u80dc <\/strong>(W\u01d4h\u00e0n b\u00ec sh\u00e8ng, H\u00fab\u011bi b\u00ec sh\u00e8ng, Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3 b\u00ec sh\u00e8ng), meaning Whuan will win, Hubei will win, China will win<\/em>.<\/p>\n