There are food and other vital things shortages, according to residents of China’s districts under COVID lockdowns.
At least 30 areas have issued orders for partial or complete lockdowns, requiring tens of millions of people to remain at home.
Before the October Communist party meeting, authorities frantically try to contain local outbreaks.
Even if just a small number of cases are documented, China’s zero-COVID policy mandates rigorous lockdowns. Nine hundred forty-nine more instances of COVID were reported in China on Monday nationwide.
In addition to being accused of limiting economic progress, the strategy has sparked unusual public protest from residents.
The Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, which is close to the Kazakhstani border, has been under lockdown for several weeks. Desperate people have taken to social media to ask for assistance.
A video of an upset Uyghur man explaining that his three children hadn’t eaten in three days was posted on one website.
A shared web document with over 300 urgent demands for food, medicine, and sanitary pads was extensively distributed in Yining City, the capital of Ili.
Kazakhs, Uyghurs, and Han Chinese make up the region’s population in a mixed manner.
In Xinjiang, China is accused of “serious human rights breaches” against Uyghurs and other primarily Muslim minorities in a long-awaited UN report released earlier this month. According to rights organizations, a million Uyghurs allegedly have been imprisoned against their will. According to Beijing, the network of camps is a tool for combating terrorism.
500,000 people were left stranded at home in the southwestern province of Guizhou after authorities shut down a section of Guiyang without giving locals any advance notice.
The Guardian newspaper stated that elevators in buildings were turned off to prevent people from leaving.
Because home delivery is not an option and supermarkets are still closed, many lamented their inability to buy things online. Residents claim that the government either prefers to treat people like animals or wants them to perish.
Since Shanghai was subjected to restrictions for two months earlier this year, Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, has become the largest city to go into lockdown.
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Only those who can provide proof of a negative COVID test are permitted to leave the city, home to 21 million people, to make purchases.
COVID lockdowns are not ending anytime soon
Following a severe heatwave in the area and an earthquake earlier this month, homeowners who attempted to evacuate their homes encountered closed doors.
Beginning on Monday, according to city officials, five parts of the city will no longer be subject to limitations.
Repeated extended lockdowns will be implemented before the National Party Congress in mid-October, which is a once-every-five-year event. This will be the first time that key political figures will convene since the pandemic struck and is a once-in-five-year occasion.
Even modest clusters of COVID are considered a threat since party leaders are under extreme pressure to ensure that the event goes off without a hitch.
As students re-entered Beijing’s university campuses from other provinces, a tiny number of cases, according to Chinese media on Monday, were being found there.
It is the last big economy in the world to make a complete effort to put an end to COVID outbreaks. But, according to the country, doing so is crucial to stop the virus from spreading and overrunning hospitals.
According to Johns Hopkins University, China has officially reported less than 15,000 fatalities since the outbreak started.