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Corona in China: victory over the virus? The country is silent on important details about the pandemic

2020-10-23T03:15:58.200Z


In China, the apparent victory over the corona virus has already been immortalized in a museum. Millions of people traveled during the "golden week". The country is silent about important facts.


In China, the apparent victory over the corona virus has already been immortalized in a museum.

Millions of people traveled during the "golden week".

The country is silent about important facts.

  • The second wave of coronavirus * is rolling across Europe.

  • In

    China

    , the pandemic is already material for the museum.

  • During the so-called "golden week", millions of Chinese traveled through the country.

Munich / Beijing - The number of new corona infections is increasing worldwide, Europe in particular has been

hit

hard by the

second wave of coronavirus

.

The situation is also coming to a head in Germany - the Robert Koch Institute registered more than 11,000 new infections on Thursday (October 22).

In

China,

from where the virus spread around the world in early 2020, the pandemic has already become

material for the museum

- one

The second wave has officially not been seen in the country so far.

Corona in China: Strict measures nip virus in the bud - "Sacrifices are being made"

According to

the

Johns Hopkins University

(as of October 22, 2 p.m.)

,

China

has had almost 91,000 corona * infections

since the pandemic began.

4,739 people died there of Covid-19.

Official figures that should be treated with caution.

There currently seems to be few or no new infections in China.

At the turn of the year, the coronavirus was first detected in humans in the central Chinese metropolis of Wuhan - and the authorities reacted strictly.

Lockdowns of entire cities, strict

isolation

, a gigantic number of tests and contact tracing with the aim of

consistently curbing

the

spread of the virus

within the shortest possible time.

The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei reported in a ZDF talk on “Markus Lanz” how China reacted to the virus: “You set your sights on the target and try to fight it - by whatever means.

There are sacrifices made, including human sacrifices. ”People in China would laugh at European states that are struggling with the second wave.

Coronavirus in China: Ten million people are tested after the outbreak in Qingdao

Meanwhile, people

don't seem to notice much

of the

pandemic in China

in everyday life.

The “golden week” at the beginning of October, in which millions of people traveled through the country, should prove that.

But the fear of the corona virus * is still present in China.

In the

metropolis of Qingdao, for

example,

after the “golden week”, almost

ten million people

in the city had to be tested

within a few days

.

However, no further infections were found.

In China we celebrate the national holiday with the "Golden Week".

All of China then has 7 days off.

A relaxed and familiar time.

It is a time to be #pride and #grateful for the # achievements of all Chinese people in the past year and the 71 before.

#HappyBirthday #China

- Consul General Du Xiaohui (@Consul GeneralDu) October 1, 2020

Coronavirus: China is silent on important details of the pandemic

China is not known for its transparency - and the country

largely remained true to

this image even during the

coronavirus pandemic

.

There is still no talk about omissions and cover-ups at the beginning of the corona pandemic.

And last but not least, China is also keeping

silent

about the corona vaccine *

.

Four of the most advanced vaccines come from China.

This should be available

as a

“global public good”

, as President

Xi Jiping

announced in May.

But

China is also

keeping a

low

profile

when it comes to research into vaccine studies

, which is why scientists are skeptical.

The fact is: The image of China, which apparently successfully defeated the pandemic, should be carried outwards.

This is also shown by the fact that, according to matching media reports,

an exhibition was

opened

in

Beijing's National Museum in

early August to

mark

the

victory over the virus

.

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital-Netzwerk (mbr) 

Source: merkur

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