BEIJING, Feb 24 — The lockdown of Guo Jing’s neighbourhood in Wuhan — the city at the heart of China’s new coronavirus epidemic — came suddenly and without warning. Unable to go out, the 29-year-old is now sealed inside her compound where she has to depend on online group-buying services...
This photo taken on February 18, 2020 shows a community staff member carrying foods and daily necessities as she prepares to deliver for residents in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. — AFP pic
But what scares her most is the lack of control — first, the entire city was sealed off, and then residents were limited to exiting their compound once every three days.Guo is among some 11 million residents in Wuhan, a city in central Hubei province that has been under effective quarantine since January 23 as Chinese authorities race to contain the epidemic.
“The three-year-old doesn’t even have any milk powder left,” Pan told AFP, adding that he has been unable to send medicine to his in-laws — both in their eighties — as they live in a different area.The “closed management of neighbourhoods is bound to bring some inconvenience to the lives of the people”, Qian Yuankun, vice secretary of Hubei’s Communist Party committee, said at a press briefing last week.
“You have no way to choose what you like to eat,” Guo said. “You cannot have personal preferences anymore.” In some compounds, residents have easier access to food — albeit a smaller selection than normal — and one woman said her family pays delivery drivers to run grocery errands.
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