2020/5/26
The following is a continuation of an article by Komori Yoshihisa, a visiting correspondent for the Sankei Shimbun in Washington. It opened today's edition of Hanada, a monthly magazine with a unique feature on Xi Jinping and the Wuhan virus, a common enemy of humankind.
The following is a continuation of an article by Komori Yoshihisa, a visiting correspondent for the Sankei Shimbun in Washington. It opened today's edition of Hanada, a monthly magazine with a unique feature on Xi Jinping and the Wuhan virus, a common enemy of humankind.
A group of suspects spreads the infection.
At the end of these developments in Wuhan, the Xi Jinping administration formally acknowledged the spread of the new coronavirus at a meeting of the State Council on January 20. It showed for the first time that the government would take frontal measures to prevent the disease.
At that point, the number of infected people increased as people's movement towards the Chinese New Year, January 25, became increasingly intense.
Infected people began to appear outside of Hubei Province.
Infections were also confirmed in the capital cities of Beijing and Shenzhen, which have thriving businesses and industries.
The reality that the Chinese government authorities need to take frontal measures to prevent epidemics has become too obvious.
As of January 20, the same day, there were already cases of infection in Japan and other countries such as Thailand and South Korea.
The coronavirus had begun to spread its dangerous tentacles on an international scale.
Three days later, on January 23, the Xi Jinping administration took the boldest step of blockading Wuhan's entire city.
From 10 am on the same day, all movements of people, cars, aircraft, etc., inside and outside Wuhan were shut off.
At this point, the entire metropolis, which had a much larger population of about 14 million people, was virtually completely blockaded.
However, the information about the blockade of the entire Wuhan area was leaked in advance and spread.
The information was transmitted to citizens a dozen hours before 10 am on January 23, when the blockade occurred.
As a result, a large number of Wuhan residents fled the city in the early morning hours of the 23rd.
Countless men and women, young and old, poured into train stations, airports, and highways, causing chaos.
Shortly afterward, the mayor of Wuhan revealed that the total number of citizens who had escaped from Wuhan in that way had reached five million.
These people were the most prominent suspects in the global transmission of the new coronavirus.
This article continues.
