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China’s Extreme Zero-Covid Policies Have Not Shielded It From Its Largest Outbreak Since Wuhan

by Luke Perry
8 November 2021 5:59 PM

The Chinese Government has declared that the nation is going through a severe outbreak of the Delta variant, with the epidemic reaching 20 out of 31 provinces. This situation has developed in spite of China’s extreme zero-Covid measures, with the Government now telling members of the public to stock up on food supplies in preparation for further restrictions. The MailOnline has more.

Cases were concentrated in the country’s northern regions of Gansu, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia.  

The National Health Commission confirmed on Monday 65 new local symptomatic cases for Sunday, up from 50 a day earlier and the highest daily count since August 9th at the peak of China’s last major outbreak. 

Most of the local cases were found in Dalian, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, where nine infections were recorded on Wednesday. 

And reports from the Sichuan provincial capital said dozens of people had scaled fences and trekked through bushes to avoid being tested for Covid.

It came after the capital was sealed off by authorities for mandatory testing after a person who had visited the city became infected. Police said they had not yet verified the reports or arrested anyone and were investigating.  

The spread and rise in Covid infections comes despite the Chinese Government enforcing tighter curbs to contain the cases.

Henan province’s Communist Party Secretary Lou Yangsheng said on Monday the region would “contain and kill” its outbreak in one week. 

The vow came after Henan recorded the largest single-day rise in local infections of the present outbreak with three on Saturday and 18 on Sunday. 

Lou said officials would improve contact tracing systems and increase monitoring of close contacts and potential cases. He added lockdowns would be implemented and expanded as necessary.  

National authorities also said on Saturday the country would continue to pursue a zero-Covid strategy. 

One expert last week insisted the current outbreak will be contained “within a month”.

Zhong Nanshan, a leading expert in China’s respiratory disease research, told China Global Television Network that China will continue with its zero-transmission policy against Covid, because the global Covid fatality rate of 2% is too high.

Worth reading in full.

Tags: ChinaDelta variantLockdownZero Covid

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BS665
BS665
3 years ago

No outbreak just power play.

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karenovirus
karenovirus
3 years ago

o/t a bit but ?

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
3 years ago
Reply to  karenovirus

Wow.

This could do with further investigation.

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karenovirus
karenovirus
3 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Was a comment on the Mail article linked to for this page.

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Cristi.Neagu
Cristi.Neagu
3 years ago
Reply to  karenovirus

What I find fascinating is that they keep telling us that gain of function research is vital because we need to learn how to defend ourselves against super viruses, but in the meantime lab grown viruses are more commonplace than actual viruses.

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karenovirus
karenovirus
3 years ago
Reply to  Cristi.Neagu

More commonly dangerous, our entire evolution has been predicated on surviving attack from natural viri but that is why novel manmade ones are potentially so dangerous.

Not a scientist, just sayin .

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Dermot McClatchey
Dermot McClatchey
3 years ago
Reply to  Cristi.Neagu

 that they keep telling us that gain of function research is vital

For “gain-of-function”, read “biological warfare”.

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karenovirus
karenovirus
3 years ago
Reply to  Dermot McClatchey

I think this will turn out to be the truth, but what is Faucis gain as a traitor?
As far as can be seen his institute contributed a measly $600,000 towards research, that is known about.

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amanuensis
amanuensis
3 years ago

I don’t think you can take anything China says at face value.

I’d imagine this is about making the world terrified once more.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
3 years ago
Reply to  amanuensis

Does China have permission for this latest outbreak because Lord Bill of the Gates of Hell has said his next pandemic will be smallpox?

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karenovirus
karenovirus
3 years ago

Most outbreaks happening in Inner Mongolia and Manchuria, not densely populated and not Han Chinese either
Not Chinese at all from their perspective.
The Uigers seem to be getting it easy, probably because lots of them are already locked up for re-education.

Last edited 3 years ago by karenovirus
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karenovirus
karenovirus
3 years ago
Reply to  karenovirus

Same Goes for the Tibetans. Not Chinese, minority in their own country because forced Sinification

Free Tibet!

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A Heretic
A Heretic
3 years ago

Much like March 2020, China claim they’re having an outbreak and having to lock down in order to convince the useful idiots in the west that they need to do the same.

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Anti_socialist
Anti_socialist
3 years ago

Staggeringly, the unvaccinated are now being blamed for all cause excess mortality!

UNREAL! Look who Health Minister blames CCP Lockdown Deaths for!
Tomorrow’s headline, COP26 mandates compulsory covid vaccination to tackle climate change.

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crisisgarden
crisisgarden
3 years ago

China’s role in the fraud has been to provide the optics; If China claims to be in the midst of a deadly outbreak, then it’s because the pandemic narrative needs a boost in the US. Cue footage of extreme containment measures, hazmat suits and whole city streets being disinfected. Cameras rolling, ACTION! 🇨🇳🎥

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Anti_socialist
Anti_socialist
3 years ago

When the revolution comes, the revolting masses need to forget the politicians & cut the head off the chicken, go for the billionaires!

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bOrgkilLaH1of7
bOrgkilLaH1of7
3 years ago
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Talking of animal farm… dis funneey!

https://twitter.com/SheepNewsTV/status/1457633851333873665?s=20

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TheyLiveAndWeLockdown
TheyLiveAndWeLockdown
3 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWzG9sFlFHE

‘You Can Deny It All You Want’: Rand Paul Rips Fauci Over Gain-Of-Function Research

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Annie
Annie
3 years ago

Things could always be worse for us British purebloods.We could be in Austria. We could be in Lithuania. We could be in Victoria. We could be in China.

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Susan
Susan
3 years ago

Fake News?

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Anti_socialist
Anti_socialist
3 years ago

Dr. Reiner Fuellmich- The Corona Plandemic and the International Legal Approach Lawyer’s Committee for 9/11 Inquiry
Summarizes his case.

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DoctorCOxford
DoctorCOxford
3 years ago

Oh my. I sure hope no government follows their lead in locking people down. It doesn’t seem to work very well. Hope someone at the WHO and Westminster take note.

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LonePatriot
LonePatriot
3 years ago

The ongoing COVID-19 nonsense here in the United States exists solely and exclusively because our governments have failed to use the correct treatment. They used so-called “vaccines” when Japan has just proven, in less than ONE MONTH, that Ivermectin can wipe out the disease. IVM was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine in 2015. One of the 3 most important drugs in human history: Aspirin, Penicillin, and Ivermectin. Get your Ivermectin today while you still can! https://ivmpharmacy.com

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Cristi.Neagu
Cristi.Neagu
3 years ago

Lol. Anyone not seeing this for what it is (“lockdowns are not enough, we need to vaccinate everyone and their dog”) is daydreaming.

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Moderate Radical
Moderate Radical
3 years ago

Unraveling the lies of the pandemic one by one – with PANDA co-founder Nick Hudson

https://youtu.be/OHtQ1JRoTOs

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Moderate Radical
Moderate Radical
3 years ago

You’d have thought this was made within the last eighteen months, not four years ago:

YOU JUST WANT PEOPLE TO DIE

https://youtu.be/eXWhbUUE4ko

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DanClarke
DanClarke
3 years ago

Can we believe anything in the media these days, editing is just too good.

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caipirinha17
caipirinha17
3 years ago

Hmm. This delta variant seems to be hanging around a lot longer than the other variants…

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godders
godders
3 years ago

Looks like the CCP is oriental equivalent of nutty New Zealand and over-the-top Oz when it comes to COVID. All this kerfuffle over a total, out of a population of nearly one and a half billion, of 62 alleged infections, according to the latest Worldometers COVID report. Funny how, irrespective, of their alleged political ideologies, they’re all singing off the same authoritarian songsheet – presumably with lyrics courtesy of Herr Schwab and the oligarchs running the Great Reset.
I doubtthe Daily Gawp bothered to publish this graphic, which shows the horrendous death toll from the resurgent plague now supposedly ravaging the Communist superstate (which, since they kicked off the pandemic in early 2020, has produced far more billionaires than the US and UK combined!)

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Lister of Smeg
Lister of Smeg
3 years ago

Wow, 65 new cases. There’s more people in my town of 15k people who’ve got it at the moment, and it’s otherwise business as usual here. Just goes to show what happens when you bully and coerce a naive, weak public into doing as the authorities want, whatever the reality of the situation.

PS. My area has had more people die in road traffic accidents over the past month than of COVID. Let that sink in.

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