Chinese Communist Party media revealed a boom of 79 cases of Chinese coronavirus discovered in Beijing as of Sunday, insisting the situation would not become …
Chinese Communist Party media revealed a boom of 79 cases of Chinese coronavirus discovered in Beijing as of Sunday, insisting the situation would not become a “second Wuhan” despite the nation’s capital going into “wartime” mode against the pandemic.
Communist Party dictator Xi Jinping declared victory against China’s outbreak during a visit to central Wuhan, where the pandemic originated, on March 10. Leaked government documents suggest the outbreak began there in November; a Harvard study published last week suggests the virus may have been spreading in the city as early as August. A day after Xi’s visit, the World Health Organization (W. H. O.) branded the situation a pandemic, meaning the disease threatened every region on earth.
China has continued to struggle with its initial wave of coronavirus cases since Xi’s visit, particularly in northern Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, while insisting that it has engaged in the world’s most successful containment measures. Even in Wuhan, locals reported the death of yet another Wuhan doctor on the front lines of fighting the outbreak in early June.
On Monday, the state propaganda newspaper Global Times similarly insisted that the large number of Beijing cases did not discredit its months-long campaign to declare itself the world’s preeminent medical power.
“The sudden spike in the capital city came after China experienced a short period of calm and it has triggered mounting concerns over a possible second wave of the virus,” the Global Timesadmitted, noting that the epicenter of the spread once again appears to be a food market. In Wuhan, authorities initially blamed a “wet market,” an outdoor area with in-person animal butchering, for the outbreak, though Chinese officials later claimed, without evidence, that the U.
