Tents were erected for more than 50,000 people being moved from homes made unsafe by the quake, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The quake knocked out power and damaged buildings in the historic mountain town of Moxi in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze, where 37 people were killed. Sichuan accounted for 138 of that total figure.
READ MORE: Scorching heat in China wilts crops as farmers struggle with shrinking water suppliesĬhina has stuck to its hard-line “zero-COVID” policy of compulsory testing, lockdowns, quarantines and masking despite advice from the World Health Organization and moves by most other countries to open up again since the virus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.Ĭhina on Tuesday reported 1,499 new cases of local infection, most of them asymptomatic. In a sign of how little has changed, at least one district in Chengdu has banned even the ordering of takeout meals and coffee, according to a notice posted on the internet. The ruthless and often chaotic enforcement of the Shanghai lockdown led to widespread complaints over shortages of food, medication and access to health care. Local leaders, including Sichuan’s recently appointed provincial party secretary, are often parachuted in from Beijing with little knowledge of local conditions and a firm mandate to carry out Xi’s dictates. In the eastern port city of Tianjin, classes were moved online after a handful of new cases were reported.Ĭhina’s authoritarian Communist political system demands strict adherence to measures dictated by the central leadership overwhelmingly dominated by party leader Xi Jinping. Most Chengdu residents are confined to their apartments or residential complexes. READ MORE: Flash flood in Western China leaves 16 dead, state media reports Outbreaks have been reported in 103 cities, the highest since the early days of the pandemic in early 2020. In all, 65 million Chinese in 33 cities including including seven provincial capitals are currently under varying levels of lockdown while the government is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays. The quake struck a mountainous area in Luding county, which sits on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau roughly 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Chengdu, where tectonic plates grind up against each other.ĭespite only recording a handful of cases, Chengdu’s lockdown is the most severe since China’s largest city of Shanghai was placed in isolation over the summer, prompting rare protests in person and online. READ MORE: China locks down 21 million residents in Chengdu to after COVID-19 outbreakįootage circulating online Tuesday showed workers wearing top-to-bottom protective gear preventing residents of apartment buildings from exiting through locked lobby doors following Monday’s 6.8 magnitude quake centered in the surrounding province of Sichuan.īuildings in Chengdu and other parts of western China were shaken by the quake. Find details in CDPH’s Beyond the Blueprint for Industry and Business Sectors and the Beyond the Blueprint Questions and Answers.BEIJING (AP) - Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city of 21 million despite a major earthquake that killed at least 65 people in outlying areas. Read the Governor’s orders N-07-21 and N-08-21. The order has limited restrictions, only related to masking and mega-events, as well as settings serving children and youth. The public health order effective Jsupersedes all prior health orders. He also phased out the vast majority of executive actions put in place since March 2020 as part of the pandemic response, leaving a subset of provisions that facilitate the ongoing recovery.
How we’re managing risk to keep people safeĬalifornia has moved Beyond the Blueprint to safely and fully reopen the economy.Īs of June 15, 2021, the Governor terminated the executive orders that put into place the Stay Home Order and the Blueprint for a Safer Economy.How our experiences inform our future approach.The SMARTER Plan will guide California’s response to future phases of COVID-19.
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