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city ​​of Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province, which surrounds the capital city of Beijing, has been completely blocked.

This is because corona19 infections have increased significantly within a week, and this is the first time since Wuhan that a large city with a population of 10 million or more has been completely blocked in China.



This is a report by Beijing Correspondent Song Wook.



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Quarantine agents blocked the Shijiazhuang Expressway in Hebei Province, where barricades were struggling.



The train station is also closed and you cannot enter the station.



[Train passengers: There are both a negative nucleic acid test certificate and a health code, but they are prohibited from entering the station.]



The rapid spread of Corona 19 has completely blocked Shijiazhuang City, a population of 11 million.



From the 2nd to the morning of the 8th, a total of 310 corona19 infections were confirmed in Hebei, but most are Shijiazhuang citizens.



[Meng Xianghong/Shijiazhuang Vice Mayor: All vehicles and residents are prohibited from going outside the city.

Residents of Gaocheng District, a high-risk area, are not allowed to leave the area.] This



is the first time since Wuhan City, Hubei Province, on January 23 last year, to block a large city with a population of more than 10 million.



As during the blockade of Wuhan, medical staff from other provinces were dispatched to Shijiazhuang.



This is a measure to prevent the spread of Corona 19 to the capital, Beijing, ahead of China's largest annual political event in March.



This is a checkpoint on the border of Beijing City.



The inspection of people and vehicles coming from Hebei Province has been strengthened, and Beijing has required people who commute to and from Hebei Province to present a certificate of employment and a negative nucleic acid test.



Due to the strengthened quarantine, a lot of congestion occurred at each checkpoint from the morning.



China is in an all-out war to defend the capital, Beijing, as ``exhibition status'' quarantine measures have been implemented in Beijing's Tongzhou District, adjacent to Hebei.



(Video coverage: Choi Deok-hyun, video editing: Jung Yong-hwa, video source: Weibo)