Thai media 'exaggerating' Covid-19 situation in Beijing

By The Nation

 

Photo : facebook.com/siwattra

 

Reporting in Thai media about the current situation in Beijing is exaggerated and contrary to the ground realities, Siwattra Phatbo, a Thai freelance scriptwriter and anchor who lives in Bejing, said.

 

In a post on her Facebook account "Bo Siwattra" on Sunday (June 14), she said: “I have seen many headlines in Thailand saying that Bejing has entered 'Wartime’, which is far from what is happening here. They have closed only one district in Bejing, where new infections were found, not the entire province,” she said.

 

“All Thais need to do is just listen, not panic over this. In the area where I live, people are still going out as usual as the [Chinese] government has campaigned to stimulate domestic tourism. Today, people still live normally. Nobody has hoarded any food or products.”

 

She revealed that Chinese doctors expect a second wave of the virus to hit in September. The medical authorities are surprised by the new infections after 55 days without cases.

 

Chinese health authorities said on Sunday that they had received reports on Saturday of 57 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, the biggest number since April, of which 38 were local transmissions. No new deaths were reported. Of the 38 local infections, 36 were reported in Beijing and two others in the northeastern Liaoning province.

 

Chinese health authorities suspect salmon imported from Norway or workers carrying the virus who were not detected to be the source of the new outbreak. They said both assumptions are possible, but the first one is more likely to be true based on Beijing's current situation.

 

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"Chinese health authorities suspect salmon imported from Norway or workers carrying the virus who were not detected to be the source of the new outbreak".

 

That's rich....

 

6 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

"Chinese health authorities suspect salmon imported from Norway or workers carrying the virus who were not detected to be the source of the new outbreak".

 

That's rich....

 

 

Makes good propaganda. ????

Quick. Arrest the media under the glorious Computer Crimes Act

1 hour ago, webfact said:

All Thais need to do is just listen, not panic over this. In the area where I live, people are still going out as usual as the [Chinese] government has campaigned to stimulate domestic tourism. Today, people still live normally.

Payed parrot ..

1 hour ago, webfact said:

She revealed that Chinese doctors expect a second wave of the virus to hit in September. The medical authorities are surprised by the new infections after 55 days without cases.

1 - Where is it going to come from in September if it's gone? They have quarantines on all international flights, nobody gets in without passing through the quarantine. This is admitting failure before even attempting to win.

 

2 - Just because they didn't detect any cases for 55 days it does not mean that it's gone. Perhaps there's an as yet unknown reservoir.

 

Blaming it on salmon, lol ????

 

Salmon contains plenty of Vit D that is thought may help against infections, now we're supposed to believe salmon (specifically salmon from Norway) itself is a problem, if I was a 'conspiracy nut' I would think they're attempting to get people to stop eating salmon to increase spread of the disease.

 

I wonder what they did in Norway to annoy the Chinese (Nobel prizes?). Norways infections are way down the list of infected countries. They did a much better job than China.

 

The Japanese eat a lot of salmon......look at the figures for Japan.

Edited June 14, 20206 yr by ukrules

I won't be surprised if there are ow restrictions on salmon imports from Norway in various countries which kiss the ass of China on a daily basis.

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Chinese health authorities suspect salmon imported from Norway or workers carrying the virus

Saying that Norwegian Salmon might be carrying, is extremely irresponsible, when they hold over 50% of the world market.

 

Perhaps the Chinese have started their own farms?

It's the tourism thing again. If China is no longer clear they may have to be romoved from the "bubble",can't have that.

Exaggerating... maybe not.. 

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/beijing-carries-out-mass-testing-amid-fears-of-coronavirus-second-wave?fbclid=IwAR1OMNlWdQjHRZGdAw86LvuuylkynlZORHAUbeXBA87iZmN_8oAbHlwtrYY

Well .. I live in Beijing and based on my experience what Bo Siwattra is saying reflect what I see and experience. 

 

Apparently a chopping board used for cutting up salmon was found to have the virus on it in that market.

A troll post has been removed.

4 minutes ago, rvaviator said:

Apparently a chopping board used for cutting up salmon was found to have the virus on it in that market.

That's what happens when the person doing the cutting is infected with COVID.

 

It's not a reason to stop selling salmon in retailers.

 

There's a lot more to this than we currently know. I look forward to more information on the issue, especially input from the Norwegians.

 

 

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Huaxiang, a neighbourhood in the same district as the food market and which has one of China’s biggest used car centers, raised its epidemic risk level to high on Sunday, becoming the only neighbourhood in the country to be on high alert. This status means there can be no economic activity until the outbreak is controlled.

As of 3 p.m. on Sunday, 10 neighbourhoods in Beijing had raised their risk levels from low to medium.

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/beijing-steps-up-coronavirus-measures-as-dozens-of-cases-emerge-from-a-food-market-idUSKBN23L01I?il=0

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

“All Thais need to do is just listen, not panic over this. In the area where I live, people are still going out as usual as the [Chinese] government has campaigned to stimulate domestic tourism. Today, people still live normally. Nobody has hoarded any food or products.”

Sounding a bit desperate this morning. Of course all those dreams of restarting the economy with Chinese tourists could be headed out the window ... PANIC BUTTON (do we have some journalists??) 

 

These journos have their work cut out as  it brings up where Wuhan Virus originally came from, not Italy, nor Norway, or the USA,  but China.

 

Wait for it lets

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Chinese health authorities suspect salmon imported from Norway or workers carrying the virus who were not detected to be the source of the new outbreak.

BTW its a fresh food market in Beijing that is the source of the 57 new infections. Strangely similar in name to the fresh food markets in Wuhan that were the original source of Wuhan 19 virus. 

 

But lets ..... hey lets blame it on Norway!!!!! That is a winner  Now we need to get Minister Anutin going on this ................ 

 

 

Edited June 14, 20206 yr by LomSak27

1 hour ago, faraday said:

Saying that Norwegian Salmon might be carrying, is extremely irresponsible, when they hold over 50% of the world market.

 

Perhaps the Chinese have started their own farms?

Or part of an agenda to tank everyone else's economy?

27 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/beijing-steps-up-coronavirus-measures-as-dozens-of-cases-emerge-from-a-food-market-idUSKBN23L01I?il=0

 

They forgot to add that people in Huaxiang have been eating a lot of salmon from Norway lately.

Wow They quickly sorted out it comes from infected  Norwegian salmon. So were is their investigation update about the first virus outbreak??

 

They failed to mention what animals were cut up on that chopping block before the salmon, with no proper washing in-between.

Continue to deny!  This Thai reporter isn't going to say anything negative in fact most likely told by the Communist party you better step forward and speak out or you will be kicked out like the Americans journalist?????

4 hours ago, CanuckThai said:

"Chinese health authorities suspect salmon imported from Norway or workers carrying the virus who were not detected to be the source of the new outbreak".

 

That's rich....

 

Oh sure, blame it on the salmon, they’re a convenient fall guy who can’t fight back.

This is most probably the reason for their comments:

 

https://thefishsite.com/articles/chinese-salmon-farming-sector-set-to-grow

 

"Stofnfiskur has recently completed the delivery of 400,000 salmon eggs to three customers in China - reflecting plans to expand the country's fledgling salmon farming sector."

1 hour ago, rvaviator said:

Well .. I live in Beijing and based on my experience what Bo Siwattra is saying reflect what I see and experience. 

 

Apparently a chopping board used for cutting up salmon was found to have the virus on it in that market.

From fingers on the guy doing the chopping as he handled the board? Seems more likely to me than from the salmon.

 

human to board transmission, rather than salmon to board transmission.

2 hours ago, rvaviator said:

Well .. I live in Beijing and based on my experience what Bo Siwattra is saying reflect what I see and experience. 

 

Apparently a chopping board used for cutting up salmon was found to have the virus on it in that market.

Did you raise your score on the Chinese Social Credit system with this comment?

From another source (controlled now by Beijing's favorite Jack Ma)

 

Beijing district in ‘wartime emergency mode’ after spike in local Covid-19 cases
https://www.scmp.com/video/coronavirus/3088941/beijing-district-wartime-emergency-mode-after-spike-local-covid-19-cases

4 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Payed parrot ..

I bet the Norwegian parrot is dead too - an ex-parrot.

19 minutes ago, thailand49 said:

Continue to deny!  This Thai reporter isn't going to say anything negative in fact most likely told by the Communist party you better step forward and speak out or you will be kicked out like the Americans journalist?????

This. Need to be careful. If you write anything anti-China even abroad and it creates enough fuss you will be banned from China.

This article shows how China is pressuring (forcing) companies to do what they want - if they rely or depend on China's market.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3088873/hong-kong-protests-how-cathay-pacifics-wings-were-clipped

Edited June 15, 20206 yr by FinChin67

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Chinese health authorities suspect salmon imported from Norway or workers carrying the virus who were not detected to be the source of the new outbreak. They said both assumptions are possible, but the first one is more likely to be true based on Beijing's current situation.

So how did the salmon get infected in the first place?  Not heard of any stories where salmon have been eating bats, pangolins or infected humans!

Edited June 15, 20206 yr by animalmagic
correction

Complain to Xinhua, they are the Thai media.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/7301/thai-media-is-outsourcing-much-of-its-coronavirus-coverage-to-beijing-and-thats-just-the-start/

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Chinese health authorities suspect salmon imported from Norway or workers carrying the virus who were not detected to be the source of the new outbreak.

You do of course mean a return of an exported product aka cover-19 or rather a re-importation! Of course we can believe "assumptions" from those in charge in China and naturally we can assume the figures of China's miraculous stop of the virus as early as March are the "truth" and naturally any increase in infections must have come from outside China the actual source of the virus in the first place. Of course, when International air travel starts back up again thats going to happen but imported Salmon and workers from Norway...I certainly hope the people in China are not that stupid to believe such nonsense! China went into propaganda overdrive to deflect any attention on themselves as the source and their covering up of the infection. My ire is not directed at the Chinese population in anyway but rather those in charge who fabricate this propaganda.