{"id":1120818,"date":"2021-12-15T09:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1120818"},"modified":"2021-12-15T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:13:38","slug":"china-regulates-family-gatherings-in-east-to-fight-surging-coronavirus-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-regulates-family-gatherings-in-east-to-fight-surging-coronavirus-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"China Regulates Family Gatherings in East to Fight Surging Coronavirus Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-regulates-family-gatherings-in-east-to-fight-surging-coronavirus-cases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1120818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Zhejiang, a province neighboring Shanghai, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sixthtone.com\/news\/1009197\/zhejiang-tightens-restrictions-as-covid-19-cases-exceed-100\">ordered<\/a> residents to \u201climit family gatherings to ten people\u201d on Monday in an effort to contain the province\u2019s surging Chinese coronavirus caseload, the online magazine Sixth Tone reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSun Liming, deputy director of Zhejiang Health Commission, said the province will implement strict control over social gatherings, cultural events, and conferences,\u201d according to Sixth Tone. \u201cOfficials are urging residents to limit family gatherings to 10 people, while restricting indoor entertainment venues and restaurant dining to a 50 percent capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Shanghai\u2019s local Communist Party committee oversees Sixth Tone\u2019s operation through the Chinese state-run Shanghai United Media Group, which owns the online publication.<\/p>\n<p>Three of Zhejiang\u2019s main cities \u2014 Ningbo, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing \u2014 reported a combined total of 138 new coronavirus cases between December 6 and December 13. The three cities accounted for 74 of the 80 coronavirus cases documented in Zhejiang on December 12, \u201cwith most cases concentrated in Shaoxing and Ningbo, respectively,\u201d provincial health authorities told reporters at a press conference on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19140290\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237065563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19140290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237065563-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>People waiting to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus during a mass testing in Ningbo, in eastern China\u2019s Zhejiang province on December 7, 2021.&nbsp; (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party has stood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/01\/28\/reports-communist-party-actively-deflating-coronavirus-patient-counts\/\">accused<\/a> of significantly undercounting coronavirus cases since the pandemic began in central Wuhan in late 2019. Local eyewitnesses, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/05\/chinese-journalist-wuhan-death-hunger-strike\/\">detained<\/a> for crimes like \u201cprovoking trouble,\u201d claimed hospitals turned away people with overt signs of respiratory disease to avoid testing them and adding to official numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Local communist officials in Zhejiang said Sunday the coronavirus infections logged in Shaoxing and Ningbo so far \u201cwere largely attributed to separate gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first 18 people to test positive for the virus in Shaoxing had all attended a funeral, while multiple infections in Ningbo were found to be linked with a moxibustion center,\u201d Sixth Tone reported on December 13.<\/p>\n<p>Moxibustion is a form of physical therapy performed by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The practice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/moxa-treatment\">consists<\/a> of \u201cburning small cones of dried leaves on certain designated points of the body, generally the same points as those used in acupuncture,\u201d according to the <em>Encyclopedia Britannica<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese city of Shanghai, which borders&nbsp;Zhejiang province, tightened its own anti-virus measures on December 8 in an effort to prevent&nbsp;Zhejiang\u2019s latest coronavirus outbreak from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/some-chinese-companies-suspend-production-zhejiang-virus-outbreak-2021-12-13\/\">spreading<\/a> to the strategically important Chinese finance hub. Shanghai is China\u2019s most populous urban center and is considered the most populous city proper in the world. The metropolis boasts a population of nearly 25 million.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19140306\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237087182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19140306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237087182-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Residents undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Ningbo in China\u2019s eastern Zhejiang province on December 8, 2021. (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shanghai city officials suggested last week residents avoid traveling out of the municipality. They further discouraged \u201cfamily gatherings during the Lunar New Year, which this year falls between the end of January and early February,\u201d according to Sixth Tone. The Lunar New Year is China\u2019s single most important holiday.<\/p>\n<p>The Shanghai Municipal Health Commission <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.cn\/politics\/2021-12\/08\/c_1128142472.htm\">issued<\/a> a press release on December 8 urging all of the city\u2019s residents \u201cnot to organize annual meetings, festivals and other gatherings of people during the New Year\u2019s Day and Spring Festival [February 1].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general public is also reminded to try not to go to crowded places, do not gather, do not get together, and take personal protection [sic],\u201d the notice read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It is] not necessary to leave Shanghai,\u201d the commission added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Zhejiang, a province neighboring Shanghai, ordered residents to \u201climit family gatherings to ten people\u201d on Monday in an effort to contain the province\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1120818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1120818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1120818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}