China has locked down a city of 11 million people in its northern province of Hebei, in an effort to contain the country's worst coronavirus flare-up in months.
Important to note that just ordering a lockdown isn’t effective at all unless the government helps people survive the lockdown. Even if it is something like the bare minimum of providing food it goes a long way. This is one of the reasons why lockdowns in India weren’t successful because labourers living on their income day to day had the options of either violating the lockdown or dying.
Yeah, my WeChat friends talked about this, though they have confidence in the government and say that it’s under control.
Good on them for catching this incident before it became a bigger problem.
Shelter in place orders feel terrible, but it’s better than letting hundreds of thousands die of a horrible disease cough US cough
Definitely.
Important to note that just ordering a lockdown isn’t effective at all unless the government helps people survive the lockdown. Even if it is something like the bare minimum of providing food it goes a long way. This is one of the reasons why lockdowns in India weren’t successful because labourers living on their income day to day had the options of either violating the lockdown or dying.
Very good point.