{"id":1226333,"date":"2022-01-19T23:52:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T04:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1226333"},"modified":"2022-01-19T23:52:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T04:52:33","slug":"china-claims-raging-coronavirus-outbreak-will-magically-end-before-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-claims-raging-coronavirus-outbreak-will-magically-end-before-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"China Claims Raging Coronavirus Outbreak Will Magically End Before Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-claims-raging-coronavirus-outbreak-will-magically-end-before-olympics%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=1226333&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>Chinese state media on Wednesday acknowledged the coronavirus outbreaks in Beijing and other cities have grown more serious, but confidently predicted they would be fully under control before the Beijing Winter Olympics begin in a few weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBeijing tightened anti-epidemic measures and urged all departments to fend off Covid-19 [Chinese coronavirus] flare-ups in the city with all-round measures ahead of the Winter Olympics, after four Covid-19 infections, with both the Delta and Omicron variants, were detected in three days,\u201d the state-run <\/span><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i> <span>breathlessly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1246323.shtml\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday.<\/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>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i><span> pushed China\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/18\/china-uses-coronavirus-surge-excuse-limit-imports\/\"><span>new narrative<\/span><\/a><span> that all of its coronavirus infections were delivered by mail from Canada, although it grudgingly allowed that one of the Beijing patients does not appear to have opened any parcels from Toronto recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19552458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1021719392.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19552458\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1021719392.png\" alt=\"mail\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>mail (Getty Images\/undefined)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cThe anti-epidemic group in Beijing has already acted swiftly in a bid to cut off further viral transmission within the city, and given the country\u2019s experience in handling Omicron and Delta, the capital city\u2019s domestic flare-up should be controllable very soon and would cause a limited impact on the Olympics,\u201d the report declared, quoting various municipal officials calling for \u201cvigilant\u201d attitudes and \u201cspeedy\u201d measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19528970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/wi\/ap\/17\/virus-outbreak-china-workers-residents-stand-nuclei-test-station-beijing-china-tuesday-jan-18-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19528970 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/virus-outbreak-china-workers-residents-stand-nuclei-test-station-beijing-china-tuesday-jan-18-2022-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Workers and residents stand near a nuclei test station in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>rounded up some local \u201cexperts\u201d to declare Beijing\u2019s \u201cmodel\u201d policies for epidemic control and mass testing would \u201cquickly\u201d contain the small outbreak, even as other cities plunge into strict lockdowns over supposedly tiny numbers of coronavirus infections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>report on Wednesday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1246324.shtml\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> Beijing\u2019s \u201cclosed-loop\u201d management strategy for the Winter Olympics is now in effect \u2013 a system that effectively quarantines the Olympic venues, reroutes city traffic to keep them isolated, and bars ordinary residents of Beijing from attending the Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19552226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237762314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19552226 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237762314-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 16: (EDITOR&#039;S NOTE: This image was created with a tilt and shift lens) A general view the Birds Nest stadium, the venue for opening and closing ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing Olympic Tower on January 16, 2022 in Beijing, China. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are set to open February 4th. (Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Birds Nest stadium, the venue for opening and closing ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing Olympic Tower on January 16, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The report quoted municipal and Olympic officials who said the closed-loop system passed its final tests last week with flying colors, including \u201cepidemic prevention and control,\u201d without unduly inconveniencing Beijing residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The loop is very tightly closed indeed for Olympic spectators, since the general public will not be allowed to purchase tickets, leaving only \u201cdesignated\u201d and extensively screened spectators in the stands.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One of the invited spectators told the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>the requirements included full vaccination plus booster shots, two nucleic acid tests within 96 hours of attending the Games, zero contact with confirmed Chinese coronavirus carriers for the past 14 days, and no infections reported in their entire community for the past 14 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The latter conditions should be easy to meet, since Chinese officials claim there have only been a few hundred confirmed coronavirus infections in the entire country over the past month, even in the gigantic cities that were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/23\/china-locks-down-13-million-in-xian-key-ancient-christian-site\/\"><span>locked down<\/span><\/a><span> like prisons and sprayed with clouds of disinfectant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other sources told the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>most of the invited spectators will be Beijing university students and employees of state-run enterprises. They will be provided with transportation to the Games, and possibly some coaching to make them appropriately excited about the events, since Beijing Olympic officials belatedly realized their \u201cdesignated\u201d audience members might not actually know much about the sports they have been assigned to watch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am convinced that as the Chinese government and people have put in place the comprehensive and effective dynamic zero-Covid policy under the leadership of the [Chinese Communist Party], you can rest assured that there will be sound epidemic prevention measures for the Beijing Winter Olympics,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian declared at his Monday press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese state media on Wednesday acknowledged the coronavirus outbreaks in Beijing and other cities have grown more serious, but confidently predicted they would be fully under control before the Beijing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1226333","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\/1226333","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226333\/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=1226333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}