Virus Outbreak Continues to Worsen in China’s Harbin City as Mass Lockdowns Cause Anxiety

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a man as people queue to get tests for Covid-19 coronavirus at an office building in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province on Jan. 14, 2021, after the province declared an "emergency state" as daily Covid-19 numbers climb. STR/AFP via Getty Images

The situation is severe in Harbin city, the provincial capital of China’s northeastern province Heilongjiang, which is one of the hardest-hit areas of the CCP virus pandemic in China. Local residents suspect that the government is covering up the real situation of the pandemic in the city, as extreme lockdown measures were applied to “low-risk areas,” scores of private companies in the area have closed down, and prices for food have skyrocketed.

According to Chinese authorities, on Feb. 3 another infected COVID-19 case was confirmed in Hulan district of Harbin. At least 88 people were in close contact with the patient and at least 542 people were in close contact with the 88 people. All these people have been “isolated and controlled.”