Wuhan people radiate abroad before the blockade

At a press conference on January 26, Mayor of Wuhan City ZhouXianwang said about 5 million people had left the city in the period since the first cases of strange pneumonia were discovered on December 30, 2019. until the blockade order was issued on January 23, 2020. Currently only about 9 million people remain in Wuhan.

China Business Times said that Thailand is one of the most attractive destinations from Wuhan in the period from December 30, 2019 to January 22.

Travel master, Flight Master, said that during that time, more than 11,000 people flew from Wuhan to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand and about 9,000 people arrived at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.

Singapore’s Changi Airport and Narita International Airport in Tokyo (Japan) also receive 10,700 and 9,000 passengers from Wuhan respectively, while more than 7,000 go to Hong Kong.

With domestic routes, Henan, Hunan and Anhui provinces received the most visitors from Wuhan since January 10, data from Baidu Maps said. The five cities of Indonesia, Xinyang, Zhumadian, Shangqiu and Zhukou of Henan Province are the places that welcome the most people from Wuhan. In Hubei Province, people in Wuhan moved mainly to Huangjiang and Hieu Cam.

January 10 marks the first day of the 40-day Chinese Spring Olympics ahead of the Lunar New Year. On this occasion, they tend to visit relatives all over the country and abroad. Many migrated to Southeast Asian countries, where Chinese communities live.

Wuhan, meanwhile, is considered the center of transportation in central China, where many foreigners live. A strange outbreak of pneumonia occurred in Wuhan since the end of last year and so far has caused 106 deaths, more than 4,500 infected. Cases of positive for coronavirus that cause pneumonia have also appeared in many countries around the world. According to CNN, there are currently 60 cases of strange pneumonia outside of China.

To prevent the spread of disease, the local government issued a restriction on travel, closed the terminals, airports, stopped public transport services. People are advised not to leave the locality.

Severely lack of resources to cope with epidemics

China does not have enough protective clothing for the medical team dealing with pneumonia. (Artwork: AFP)

The number of new cases and suspected cases of the new strain of coronavirus in Hubei has been on an upward trend in recent days, making hospitals always overloaded.

Speaking at a news conference in Beijing today, Jiao Yahui, head of the Chinese National Health Commission’s medical management office, said the country has a serious shortage of medical resources to check. control pneumonia.

According to Jiao, the Chinese government has sent about 6,000 health workers across the country to Hubei, of which 4,000 have arrived and about 2,000 will visit Wuhan and 7 other Hubei cities tonight. first. In Wuhan, more than 10,000 beds have been used to cater to the growing number of patients.

However, Ms. Jiao also admitted, the additional mobilization of health workers is unlikely to be effective because of the lack of medical equipment such as protective clothing. Earlier, Chinese Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology Wang Jiangping said that Hubei province needs about 100,000 protective suits a day, but factories across the country only produce 30,000 sets a day.

"Lack of protective clothing is a big problem, some doctors cannot join the battle line because of that problem," Jiao said.