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Outrage over city’s proposal to impose lockdown for the flu
Fury is brewing in a Chinese city with 13 million residents over a
radical plan to introduce lockdowns for outbreaks of the plain old flu.
Kate Schneider
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March 12, 2023 - 8:45PM
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There is outrage over a Chinese city’s proposal to introduce lockdowns
for the flu in the case of outbreaks.
The city of Xi’an, which is located in the Shaanxi province and is also
home to the famous terracotta warriors, released its emergency response
plan this week on social media.
In it, it detailed how it would shut schools, businesses and other
crowded places in the megacity of some 13 million people if a severe flu
epidemic struck.
It comes as China battles a surges in cases of the flu following its
reopening after Covid lockdowns.
There was much concern expressed on Chinese social media sites such as
Weibo that the flu policy is “excessive” and echoes the
economically-crippling Covid Zero policy.
One city in China is considering locking down for the flu. Picture:
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
One city in China is considering locking down for the flu. Picture:
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
The city had been locked down for one month in 2021 to control a Covid
outbreak, with residents mostly unable to leave their homes. Few want to
see a return to that time.
“Is it not enough to torture people (before), that we are thinking of
doing it again and again?,” one user wrote on Weibo.
“If we have to lock down because of influenza, then won’t we have to
lock down every time flu season comes? We will not go backward,” another
said.
“Vaccinate the public rather than using such time to create a sense of
panic,” a third commented.
“How will people not panic given that Xi’an’s proposal to suspend work
and business activities were issued without clear instruction on the
national level to classify the disease?” asked another.
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