{"id":1387156,"date":"2022-03-17T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1387156"},"modified":"2022-03-17T19:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T23:30:14","slug":"china-returns-to-2020-style-makeshift-hospitals-for-coronavirus-but-claims-mild-cases-fueling-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-returns-to-2020-style-makeshift-hospitals-for-coronavirus-but-claims-mild-cases-fueling-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"China Returns to 2020-Style &#039;Makeshift Hospitals&#039; for Coronavirus \u2013 but Claims &#039;Mild&#039; Cases Fueling Outbreak"},"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\">30<\/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-returns-to-2020-style-makeshift-hospitals-for-coronavirus-but-claims-mild-cases-fueling-outbreak%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=1387156&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\">China\u2019s northeast Jilin province, one of 28 facing severe coronavirus outbreaks nationwide, allegedly built eight \u201cmakeshift hospitals\u201d in response to the recent case surge whose construction has featured prominently this week in Chinese propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cmakeshift\u201d facilities, as the Communist Party refers to them, are meant to contain individuals who test positive for Chinese coronavirus but do not require critical medical care. China does not allow individuals with mild or asymptomatic coronavirus cases to handle their illness at home, necessitating the use of massive confinement spaces.<\/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>The emergency construction of new facilities to treat coronavirus patients is at odds with the repeated assurances in Chinese state media that the current outbreak largely consists of mild and asymptomatic cases and that Beijing has the disease entirely under control.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese coronavirus pandemic began in Wuhan, central China, in late 2019. The Communist Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/03\/10\/xi-jinping-finally-visits-wuhan-missing-citys-worst-coronavirus-moments\/\">declared<\/a> victory against the virus in March 2020, just as the rest of the world began tallying up millions of cases of the disease and facing extreme strain to its healthcare systems.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak in Wuhan became a pandemic because of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/06\/11\/9-ways-unrelated-wuhan-lab-china-created-pandemic\/\">poor handling<\/a> of the situation, including letting 5 million people leave the city and hosting a family-style banquet for 130,000 residents indoors at the peak of the outbreak there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_13044887\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-1201428161.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This photo taken on February 16, 2020 shows medical staff members working at the isolation ward of the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in China\u2019s central Hubei province. (STR\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite essentially announcing it had contained the virus two years ago, China has faced a near-ceaseless barrage of outbreaks prompting lockdowns throughout much of 2021 and early this year in some of its largest cities.<\/p>\n<p>Communist Party authorities locked down much of Jilin in response to the latest outbreak, which has suddenly made headlines in corporate media outlets in the West greater than those made by the late 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/23\/china-locks-down-13-million-in-xian-key-ancient-christian-site\/\">lockdown<\/a> of Xi\u2019an, a city whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrotrends.net\/cities\/20721\/xian-shaanxi\/population#:~:text=The%20current%20metro%20area%20population,a%203.61%25%20increase%20from%202019.\">metro area<\/a> is larger than New York City, and the coronavirus outbreak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/02\/32-more-coronavirus-cases-genocide-olympics-bubble-11-hospitalized\/\">centered<\/a> in Beijing during the 2022 Winter Olympics. China\u2019s\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> government newspaper applauded Jilin Communist Party officials on Wednesday for allegedly ordering the construction of more makeshift hospitals and quarantine facilities to intern citizens who test positive with the disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNortheast China\u2019s Jilin Province has built eight makeshift hospitals and two quarantine centers to cope with the surge of [Chinese coronavirus] cases,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202203\/1255056.shtml\">claimed<\/a>. A top medical official explained to the newspaper that \u201cpatients with severe symptoms will be sent to designated hospitals, while those who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms will be sent to makeshift hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wuhan residents are kept under armed guard as Chinese dictator Xi Jinping pays his first visit to the heart of the coronavirus outbreak. \u201c\u2026massive security and propaganda operation surrounding Xi\u2019s visit.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3o6YsocmXG\">https:\/\/t.co\/3o6YsocmXG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1237884369953419264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> claimed that Jilin would soon crush its coronavirus outbreak despite the rapid constructions signaling significant concern among local officials.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA Beijing-based immunologist who requested anonymity told the Global Times that prospects are promising to cut off community transmission in Jilin Province soon if a more decisive and strict policy is adopted,\u201d the newspaper claimed, \u201cnoting that the main challenge for the province is how to mobilize and coordinate all resources in the anti-epidemic work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jing Junhai, Party chief of Jilin, is nonetheless quoted in the story as saying that every citizen of the province is in a \u201crace against time\u201d and the situation was so dire that it required the region to \u201cconcentrate\u00a0all resources so as to control the spike as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Chinese state media outlets published photos of the allegedly new hospital facilities in Jilin and published a \u201clive cam\u201d of the construction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eight makeshift <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hospitals?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hospitals<\/a> with more than 11,000 beds have been built in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jilin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jilin<\/a> Province to thwart the outbreak of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QaVH7cTI3W\">pic.twitter.com\/QaVH7cTI3W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shanghai Daily (@shanghaidaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shanghaidaily\/status\/1504299368735780867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n[embedded content]\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The propaganda images recall those the Communist Party published from Wuhan at the height of the pandemic there in early 2020, showing an alleged \u201chospital\u201d that officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/china-s-coronavirus-hospital-built-10-days-opens-its-doors-n1128531\">claimed<\/a> was built in ten days.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>China <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2020-04\/15\/c_138979296.htm\">claimed<\/a> in April 2020 that its makeshift hospitals in Wuhan were no longer needed.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials have confirmed coronavirus outbreaks in 28 provinces throughout the country, including regions as far from Jilin \u2013 where one of the most severe outbreaks is currently being documented \u2013 as Shenzhen, a technology and manufacturing hub on the country\u2019s southern border with Hong Kong. Chinese officials have insisted that \u201cmild\u201d and \u201casymptomatic\u201d cases are driving the high diagnosis numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, revealed that imported infections, transmission of the Omicron variant and a high proportion of asymptomatic and mild cases are three major causes to the expanded clustered outbreak across the country,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202203\/1254873.shtml\">reported<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Wu insisted, the propaganda outlet reported, that the fact that cases were not causing significant health damage did not negate the need for \u201cthe dynamic zero-COVID policy,\u201d China\u2019s euphemism for its extreme lockdown methods.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/16\/china-embrace-lockdowns-even-more-firmly-latest-coronavirus-outbreak\/\">proclaimed<\/a> in an article on Wednesday that the outbreak of mild cases called for China to \u201ceven more firmly adhere to \u2026\u00a0the general policy of dynamic zero-COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wu\u2019s description of a high number of mild and asymptomatic cases appeared to contradict the bleak update on Tuesday from China\u2019s National Health Commission (NHC), which described the country\u2019s situation as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/15\/china-admits-defeat-grim-coronavirus-outbreak-hits-28-provinces\/\">grim<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he current epidemic situation is grim and complex, making it difficult to prevent and control,\u201d deputy head of the NHC Lei Zhenglng said at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/03\/15\/chinese-media-praise-xi-jinpings-insights-while-dictator-remains-absent-in-coronavirus-fight\/\">yet to comment<\/a> on the Chinese coronavirus crisis in his country at press time. 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