Reported cases of COVID-19 in China have hit record highs in recent days amid growing public discontent over the regime’s strict control measures. Meanwhile, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to issue contradictory messages about when to loosen the restrictions, which analysts believe has caused chaos in the control of COVID-19 in various regions.
With the newly reported infections, China recorded a total of 32,943 locally transmitted cases on Nov. 24. However, since the CCP has always concealed the scale of the outbreak, it is difficult for the outside world to know the real numbers.
People wait in line to have a throat swab taken that will be used for COVID-19 testing in the Jing’an district in Shanghai on Oct. 25, 2022. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
Major cities across China have raised the level of epidemic controls. Shijiazhuang City, the provincial capital of Hebei, has required all residents to stay at home since Nov. 21 and to undergo five PCR tests in five days. Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan, was put under lockdown from Nov. 25 to 29. People in Beijing Daxing District and Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone were ordered to not leave their communities on Nov. 23. In mega city Chongqing in the southwest, all residential communities in Jiangbei District are now locked down….