Wuhan, China Half year after the urban blockade of corona outbreaks Control of speech continued 23 July 4:06
In Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, where the new coronavirus infection first spread, it has been half a year for 23 days since the blockade was taken, but at present, no large-scale infection has been reported nationwide, and the Chinese government Basically controls the infection. On the other hand, at the time, men who were conducting local news gathering activities seemed to remain detained by the authorities, and thorough speech control continues.
The Chinese government began to block the city by closing stations and airports on January 23, following the spread of the new coronavirus infection in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
More than 50,000 people were infected in Wuhan, more than 3,800 people died, and they were temporarily in a state of medical collapse, but after that, the number of infected people gradually decreased, this is the first time in two and a half months in April. The blockade was lifted.
In addition, nearly 84,000 people have been infected and more than 4,600 people have died in China as a whole, but the death toll has not increased for the past two months.
Although a mass infection occurred in Beijing's wholesale market last month, resulting in approximately 330 people, no large-scale infections have been reported across the country since then, and the Chinese government has basically suppressed the infection. I am.
On the other hand, at that time, it seems that two men, who were interviewing the current situation in Wuhan and sent on SNS, were still detained by the authorities, and a university professor in Beijing who criticized the government severely this month. The Chinese government is strengthening its speech control, including being temporarily detained.
Of these, former Beijing lawyer Chen Akimi was interviewed in Wuhan and has been missing for nearly half a year, but it seems that parents are also pressured by the authorities to keep silence. , There are concerns.