Det går rykter om at et nytt virus har brutt ut i Kina. Det som er sikkert, er at myndighetene er hysteriske. Byen Shuzu med 10,7 millioner innbyggere ble totalt nedstengt etter at det ble funnet åtte tilfeller av covid. Dette er enda mer drakonisk enn tidligere. Men det som er merkelig, er at man også stengte sykehus og stanset salget av flere typer medisiner.

“Suzhou in East China’s Jiangsu Province, home to over 10 million people … has suspended schools and parts of its medical services after eight COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus] cases were found in the city on Monday,” according to the newspaper.

Byen stanset behandling ute blant befolkningen og stengte akutten. Det siste lyder merkelig.

Several Suzhou hospitals “halted outpatient and emergency medical services” on the evening of February 13 after the city detected four new coronavirus cases in the city, according to the state-run China Central Television (CCTV). Health officials reported four additional cases of the disease on February 14, bringing Suzhou’s coronavirus caseload to eight at press time.

Nedstengningen av en by med over 10 millioner innbyggere pga. åtte tilfeller virker ikke bare overdrevent forsiktig, det virker hysterisk.

Shuzu ligger ikke langt unna Shanghai. Den store skrekken er at smitten skal spre seg dit. Shanghai har 25 millioner innbyggere.

Suzhou is located just 55 miles west of Shanghai, which is China’s most populous urban area. The threat of Suzhou’s epidemic spreading to Shanghai’s population of nearly 25 million prompted local metro authorities to suspend all bus and subway lines linking the two cities on February 14.

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