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As the
train went north, the scenery outside the window kept changing. After leaving
Hong Kong, Cheng Yenan and Sun Aijun admired the scenery of the mainland
outside the window. Cheng Yenan told Sun Aijun about his experience of
traveling across the country to engage in immigration agency business in Hong
Kong.
Nan
Yangsheng and Wanru sat on the train, and Nan Yangsheng continued to tell his
story of Wuhan's wartime control during the epidemic.
Nan
Yangsheng said: At that time, the Hubei Provincial Novel Coronavirus Infected Pneumonia
Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters issued a circular, requiring all
kinds of enterprises in the province to resume work no earlier than 24:00 on
February 20. On the same day, Huanggang City announced the implementation of
fully enclosed wartime control, and all communities will implement fully
enclosed management. Dawu County, Xiaogan City announced the implementation of
a wartime control order.
On
February 14, the Wuhan New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control
Headquarters issued a notice clarifying the main measures for the closed
management of residential quarters. Closed management is implemented for
residential quarters, and only one entrance and exit is reserved for each
community. Old communities and open residential areas are hard-separated by
enclosing them. Arrange personnel at the entrance and exit to be on duty 24
hours a day, register for temperature measurement, and review and release.
Except for those who seek medical treatment, epidemic prevention, and operation
guarantee, other residents are not allowed to go out. All personnel entering
and leaving the community will have their temperature measured and registered.
Outsiders are not allowed to enter the community without special reasons.
Yunmeng County of Xiaogan City and Honghu City of Jingzhou City announced the
implementation of wartime control orders.
The
Qingshan District Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters of Wuhan issued
Order No. 15, which stipulates the detailed management rules for the closure
and control of all communities within the jurisdiction, requiring that each
household can only assign one person to purchase supplies every three days.
On
February 16, the Hubei Provincial New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention
and Control Headquarters issued a notice. In addition to strengthening the
control of vehicle traffic, the notice clarified that all non-essential public
places will be closed, and all mass gathering activities will be stopped. At
the same time, retail pharmacies will implement drug purchase registration.
According to the system, personal information must be registered for those who
buy medicines such as cold medicine, fever and cough medicine, and antipyretic
medicine. Jingzhou District of Jingzhou City announced the implementation of
fully enclosed management.
On
February 17, Xiaogan City announced the implementation of fully enclosed
management.
On
February 20, the Hubei Provincial New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention
and Control Headquarters issued a circular, requiring all types of enterprises
in Hubei Province, except those necessary for epidemic prevention and control,
the operation of public utilities, the needs of the people's lives, and other
related enterprises related to the national economy and people's livelihood.
For enterprises, the resumption of work shall be postponed until no earlier
than 24:00 on March 10. Tertiary institutions, primary and secondary schools,
vocational schools, technical colleges, and kindergartens in the province
continue to postpone the start of school.
At
11:34 on February 24, the Wuhan New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and
Control Headquarters issued Announcement No. 17, announcing the latest
management measures for personnel and vehicles entering and leaving Wuhan. It
is mentioned that people from other places who are stranded in Wuhan and those
who have to go out of the city due to epidemic protection reasons can go out of
the city, but they must adhere to the principle of going out of the city on a
staggered peak, in batches, and in a timely, safe and orderly manner. As soon
as the announcement came out, it promoted the resurgence of the "February
countercurrent" of "escaping from Wuhan", which caused panic
among the people and was also criticized by public opinion. At 15:01, Wuhan
announced that "Notice No. 17" was invalid, and said that this matter
was issued by the traffic prevention and control team under the city
headquarters without the consent of the main leaders of the headquarters. Wuhan
will continue to strictly manage the Lihan channel and strictly control
personnel. , to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
On the
same day, Ying Yong, Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee of the
Communist Party of China, presided over a work meeting of the headquarters, emphasizing
the need to continue to strictly control the passage from Han to Hubei. The
next day, the National Health and Medical Commission also requested that Hubei
continue to take the most stringent prevention and control measures and
strictly control the export of personnel.
On
February 27, Ying Yong, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee of
the Communist Party of China, presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee
of the Provincial Party Committee, emphasizing that the prison system, detention
centers and other units must strictly guard against death, and in principle
only enter and exit; suspend outsiders from entering nursing homes; continue to
strengthen communities (villages) closed management.
Nan
Yangsheng said to Wanru:
In
response to the "February countercurrent" of "escaping from
Wuhan", other provinces and cities have also adopted closed management
measures and strengthened admission and isolation measures. Some roads have
been closed in some areas to prevent the spread of pneumonia. Most of the
villages, communities, and units in closed management areas have only one
entrance and exit, and the number of entries and exits for each household is
limited. In some places, entry and exit are prohibited at night, and in extreme
cases, entry and exit are prohibited throughout the day. People entering and
leaving are required to wear masks and undergo temperature checks. In some
areas, access tickets are issued to the public, and they can enter and exit
with the tickets and valid certificates. Some areas also allow citizens to
self-declare on WeChat mini-programs or official accounts and some apps, and
enter and exit with system authentication codes. Couriers and takeaway
personnel are usually prohibited from entering. The control of communities with
confirmed cases is stricter.
So far
on February 12, 2020, there are at least 9 first-level administrative regions
in mainland China that have announced the implementation of closed management.
These include 4 municipalities directly under the central government, 4
provinces and 1 autonomous region, a total of 156 secondary administrative
regions. There are at least 51 secondary administrative regions in other
provinces and cities, a total of 207, including 26 provincial capitals and
sub-provincial cities; among them, cities that have been upgraded to fully
enclosed wartime control have 2 secondary administrative regions.
Nan
Yangsheng sighed to Wanru: What is difficult to recall is that the official
media at the time reported that because the provinces and cities adopted the
"February Countercurrent" to curb "escaping from Wuhan",
they strengthened the admission and isolation measures. The number of newly
confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country continued to decline
in a single day. The shortage of medical resources in Wuhan, the epicenter of
the epidemic, has also been alleviated. Is the truth really like this? The fact
of fighting the epidemic for three years has proved that the so-called zeroing
has no scientific basis.
Nan
Yangsheng recalled:
I
remember that the citizens were more worried about the lack of masks. Masks are
consumables and are used in large quantities. And experts say that only N95
masks can effectively prevent the virus. But in fact, we can't buy such masks
at all. If you buy online, you must wait until the end of the year to receive
it. I was a volunteer in the shelter hospital at the time, and the masks were
distributed by the hospital. But citizens must wear masks, but they cannot buy
them. Some colleagues and friends sent them, but they couldn’t receive them;
some bought non-branded ones, and they didn’t dare to use them when they saw
information about recycling masks on the Internet and processing them for
resale. Almost everyone only had one or two left, so they had to encourage each
other and say, save some. The joke is true. Masks have indeed replaced pork and
become the most in-demand item during the Chinese New Year.
I
believe that there must be a lot of ordinary citizens in Wuhan who lack masks.
And I also believe that there is no shortage of masks, what is missing is how
to get them to the public. A patient living in a shelter hospital told me that
the N95 he was wearing cost 35 yuan a mask, which was 5 yuan more expensive
than the one in Shanghai. A bag of 25 will cost 875 yuan. The patient blamed
the merchant: "How can you be so black-hearted at this time?" The
merchant replied that the supplier raised the price, so we had no choice but to
raise the price.
Wanru
talked about the writer Fang Fang.
She recalled:
When this pandemic came, I was still taking classes at the university. The
students are all forwarding Fang Fang's WeChat account. She has been speaking
out publicly, which has caused a new round of turmoil and reflection in
society. Fang Fang's "Wuhan Diary (January 25-February 18)" has
become a hot search on the Internet.
What
exactly did Fang Fang want to say? What did she say again? Fang Fang said, as a
writer, I should use my pen to praise the famous and unsung heroes who are on
the front line of epidemic prevention and control day and night. Shameless
throwing stones into the well and looking coldly. In the face of severe changes
in the epidemic, sharing weal and woe, working together, and saving lives is
the top priority. We want to tell the present and the future that we know what
great love is, what power is, and what the hearts of the people want. When the
Wuhan epidemic broke out, no one in the world could correctly point out what
the virus is? Where does the poison come from? The spread of the poisonous
bacteria is so wide and fast that it has caused panic among the people and
there is a lot of discussion, which is beyond doubt. Experts couldn't find a
cure for a while, scholars couldn't tell the origin of the virus, and officials
couldn't come up with measures to control the epidemic. The epidemic stunned
the Chinese people and the world. The epidemic has re-examined the existing
medical system and medical challenges, and past mistakes have been revealed one
by one. The people of Wuhan were all locked down. The city was closed and the
roads and homes were closed. They could not leave their homes, buy masks, or
receive medical assistance. Therefore, complaints and complaints flooded the
Internet. Some law enforcement officers not only want to implement the orders
of their superiors, but also prevent those who ignore the prohibition from
resisting. They have adopted excessive and excessive violence in law
enforcement, which has turned public grievances into public anger, which is
unacceptable across the world. China has always emphasized that
"responsibility does not punish the public", so who should bear the
responsibility? I began to think calmly: What is the most urgent thing to do in
the face of the sudden outbreak of the epidemic? I am a writer, what is the
responsibility of a writer? It is the drum and shout for the times. Writers are
concerned with exploring the true meaning of human nature and social justice.
...
Nanyang
Sheng sighed:
This
epidemic is weird and sinister, and it is undoubtedly a disaster for the nation
and the country. The whole world has seen clearly what is China's epidemic
prevention policy? The epidemic prevention that China is still adopting so far
is "mask sealing". When important leaders appear, everyone except the
top leader must wear a mask. If you are the governor, you must wear a mask when
attending relevant central meetings, and only the boss can not wear it. When
the governor holds a local meeting, the governor may not wear a mask, but his
subordinates must wear masks. This is the weird landscape of China's epidemic
prevention.