Urumqi, the capital city of China’s Xinjiang province, abruptly went into coronavirus lockdown on Thursday after five new infections were detected, three of them asymptomatic.
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Urumqi, the capital city of China’s Xinjiang province, abruptly went into coronavirus lockdown on Thursday after five new infections were detected, three of them asymptomatic.
The Xinjiang Health Commission claimed they were the first new coronavirus cases the entire province has experienced in 149 days, but the severity of the response – and the sudden deletion of the social media post claiming Xinjiang has been virus-free for 149 days – raised suspicions that the situation is once again more serious than the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants to admit.
According to the South China Morning Post(SCMP), Urumqi shut down its only subway line on Thursday night without warning, restricted air travel, and hinted that some residential compounds could be locked down, triggering a wave of panic buying in supermarkets.
Chinese state media said on Friday that 89 percent of both inbound and outbound flights have been canceled at Urumqi Airport, and the carriers for the remaining flights have indicated strict coronavirus screening will be required for all passengers, with a 14-day quarantine possible on arrival.
