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SvennoJ on 28 March 2020
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trunkswd said:
jason1637 said:
Im interested in seeing what happens in places like Wuhan this coming month when they undo the lockdown. I really hope cases dont start popping up again but I'm expecting them to.

I hope the lockdown was long enough to ensure a second wave doesn't happen. 

It all depends on how good your screening is to stop it from coming back in. China closed their borders to foreigners today.


https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-24-20-intl-hnk/h_72cc2e66b58eb93c7013ab486b571d56

In a statement late Thursday, the government said that "in view of the rapid spread of Covid-19 across the world, China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry into China by foreign nationals holding visas or residence permits" as of March 28.
Anyone wishing to enter the country will have to apply for a new visa at their local Chinese embassy or consulate. The announcement did not say how long this would take.

The decision to effectively seal off the country to foreigners is the latest in a series of moves intended to safeguard against infection from international travel, after more than 500 imported cases of the coronavirus were confirmed.
    On Monday,Beijing city authorities announced that all international arrivals would be quarantined and tested for the virus at designated government facilities. Other cities have implemented stringent home quarantine requirements on international arrivals. Last week, a Chinese Australian woman was deported after neighbors recorded her breaching isolation controls to go jogging.



    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-covid-second-wave-1.5508920

    As the doors of planes landing at Beijing's Capital International Airport open, teams of security officers and medical workers in hazmat suits take their positions – temperature guns at the ready.

    One by one, passengers arriving from abroad are questioned, examined, swabbed and tested for COVID-19. Then they're whisked off for two weeks of quarantine at a government facility.

    "You might bring sickness," officials tell them, as the arrivals are greeted as warily as the virus itself.

    And for good reason. Airports are now the front line in China's fight against coronavirus, the main defence against the so-called second wave of infections.

    Over the past weeks, virtually all new cases – around 500 – have come from abroad, with just a handful of local infections, down to zero on some days.

    In response, China announced Thursday that it is closing its borders to all foreigners, including holders of visas and residency permits, effective as of 12 a.m. local time Saturday.




    If only our governments had done that while shit was hitting the fan in China...

    I also wonder if it can't start again from asymptomatic cases flaring back up or whatever the source was. Let's see what happens.