As protests against the quarantine-centered Corona 19 quarantine broke out in major Chinese cities, Chinese authorities began to appease public sentiment.
In Urumqi, Xinjiang, where an apartment fire occurred on the 24th, which sparked the spread of protests, measures to support low-income people came out.
According to Chinese media retrainers, the Urumqi city government announced at a press conference today (29th) that it would provide a one-time subsidy of 300 yuan, or about 56,000 won, to people with low income or no income.
In addition, the city government announced that it would provide benefits related to rent and contract period to those who live in public rental housing operated by the city.
The city government also promised to provide public sector jobs to low-income people who are struggling to find employment.
Along with this, Beijing's quarantine authorities announced at a press conference on the 27th that it is strictly forbidden to block fire passages, apartment building entrances, and apartment complex entrances using hard fences.
This seems to have nothing to do with the situation in which the claim that the structure installed to seal the apartment in relation to the Urumqi apartment fire in order to strengthen quarantine prevented rapid evolution spread rapidly on social media.
Authorities denied the connection between the fire and quarantine measures, but judging from the spread of demonstrations commemorating fire victims and protesting lockdown across the country, it can be assumed that many Chinese who experienced high-intensity blockade in their homes did not take the authorities' explanation straight away. looks like it can.
In addition, the government-run Global Times reported that some Chinese cities, such as Guangzhou and Chongqing, have introduced measures to ease all PCR testing.
Some districts in Guangzhou, southern Guangdong Province, notified that students taking online classes, telecommuters, and elderly people mainly staying at home do not have to participate in all PCR tests unless there is a need to go out.
In Chongqing, a large inland city in western China, all residents of areas where no infection has been reported in the last 5 days do not have to undergo PCR testing.
In China, PCR tests are required every 1 to 3 days, depending on the region, etc., so that you can go to work and go about your daily life, and it takes a lot of time to get tested, raising complaints.
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