{"id":1164432,"date":"2021-12-28T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1164432"},"modified":"2021-12-28T09:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:04:40","slug":"china-bans-rural-workers-from-holiday-visits-to-family-amid-coronavirus-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-bans-rural-workers-from-holiday-visits-to-family-amid-coronavirus-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"China Bans Rural Workers from Holiday Visits to Family amid Coronavirus Surge"},"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\">24<\/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-bans-rural-workers-from-holiday-visits-to-family-amid-coronavirus-surge%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=1164432&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\"><span>The Chinese government on Sunday ordered rural migrant workers in Shaanxi province not to make their traditional annual visits to family during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival holidays. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The restrictions were part of a growing atmosphere of panic around the coronavirus outbreak in Shaanxi\u2019s capital of Xi\u2019an, even as the Chinese Communist regime insists a mere handful of cases have been detected.<\/span><\/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><span>Before the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, China\u2019s Spring Festival travel season was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/china\/2021\/02\/06\/because-of-covid-many-in-china-will-miss-their-biggest-holiday\"><span>described<\/span><\/a><span> as the largest regular human migration in the world. China has about 300 million migrant laborers who view the holiday as their best opportunity to return to rural hometowns and visit their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19250058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/wi\/afp\/23\/xi-an-reported-49-friday-bringing-total-outbreak-250-weeks-afp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19250058 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/xi-an-reported-49-friday-bringing-total-outbreak-250-weeks-afp-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Covid testing in Xi\u2019an. (AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>China\u2019s state-run <\/span><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i> <span>on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202112\/1243420.shtml\">spun<\/a> the situation as basically under control, quoting \u201cexperts\u201d who predicted the Xi\u2019an outbreak would be curbed within two to four weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIf out-of-town workers and students return home for the two holidays, there exist the potential risks of epidemic spread in rural areas, and our current focus is to prevent such spillovers,\u201d said Shaanxi\u2019s vice-head of agriculture Zhang Ying\u2019an, explaining the need for travel restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Chinese government claims less than 500 coronavirus infections have been detected in Xi\u2019an, none of them fatal and only four of them severe. After some \u201cchaotic\u201d early missteps, for which local officials have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20211224-china-punishes-dozens-of-xi-an-officials-as-city-grapples-with-covid-lockdown\"><span>chastised and punished<\/span><\/a><span>, the city is supposedly under an \u201corderly\u201d lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo far, the outbreak has affected six places in five provincial regions, including Xianyang and Yan\u2019an in Shaanxi, Zhoukou in Central China\u2019s Henan Province, Dongguan in South China\u2019s Guangdong Province, and Beijing,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>reported.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Various \u201cexperts\u201d in Xi\u2019an and Beijing told the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>this particular outbreak has a \u201ccomplex\u201d and \u201cunclear\u201d chain of transmission, making its origins difficult to pin down. The outbreak supposedly began with some visitors from Pakistan, since the Chinese regime claims it completely eliminated domestic transmission last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>South China Morning Post<\/span><\/i> <span>(<em>SCMP<\/em>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3161133\/chinas-covid-19-surge-continues-150-new-cases-xian-epicentre\">saw<\/a> clouds of disinfectant billowing over Xi\u2019an on Sunday, a \u201cfull-scale deep cleaning\u201d operation conducted with only a few hours of warning to the city\u2019s inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cResidents were asked to close their doors and windows ahead of Sunday\u2019s deep cleaning of the city, and to bring in any laundry from open balconies. They were also advised to avoid touching building exteriors, as well as plants and trees, and to wash their hands if they did come into contact with any external surfaces,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>SCMP <\/span><\/i><span>reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19280442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237392012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19280442 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237392012-683x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"This photo taken on December 22, 2021 shows a staff member spraying disinfectant on street in Xi&#039;an in China&#039;s northern Shaanxi province. - China OUT (Photo by AFP) \/ China OUT (Photo by STR\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This photo taken on December 22, 2021 shows a staff member spraying disinfectant on street in Xi\u2019an in China\u2019s northern Shaanxi province. (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>At 6:00 p.m. local time, personnel in full protective gear began spraying the city\u2019s streets, subway system, government buildings, and even the empty air with unidentified chemicals. Trucks rolled down the streets blasting out a thick fog of chemicals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Several virologists told the <\/span><i><span>SCMP <\/span><\/i><span>this ominous disinfection routine was \u201cexcessive,\u201d wasteful, possibly harmful, and almost certainly theatrical. Massive outdoor disinfection operations are contrary to the Chinese government\u2019s coronavirus response protocols, and sealing ventilation systems while those chemical trucks roll down the streets could actually make the infection situation inside the buildings worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A sweaty <\/span><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i> <span>editorial on Christmas Eve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202112\/1243316.shtml\">suggested<\/a> the point of these disinfection theatrics, draconian lockdowns, mass testing, and travel restrictions are to sustain China\u2019s \u201czero Covid\u201d illusion until the Winter Olympics are over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Naturally, the Chinese Communist propaganda newspaper insisted the big story is the \u201craging Omicron variant overseas,\u201d especially in the United States. China, on the other hand, can rely on \u201ctimely and precise measures, experience in quelling local outbreaks and high vaccination rate among the Chinese population\u201d to ensure the Olympics are safe.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese government on Sunday ordered rural migrant workers in Shaanxi province not to make their traditional annual visits to family during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival holidays. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"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-1164432","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\/1164432","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\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164432\/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=1164432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}