{"id":50890,"date":"2020-02-02T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50890"},"modified":"2020-02-02T07:14:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T12:14:12","slug":"mayor-of-city-with-6-million-people-next-to-wuhan-warns-of-significant-increase-in-coronavirus-cases-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50890","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Of City With 6 Million People Next To Wuhan Warns Of “Significant Increase” In Coronavirus Cases This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mayor Of City With 6 Million People Next To Wuhan Warns Of “Significant Increase” In Coronavirus Cases This Weekend<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One month into the worst viral pandemic in decades, China appears woefully unprepared to respond appropriately and decisively to a disease that has infected over 12,000 around the globe. This became obvious after several Chinese officials recently had media interview mishaps, in which their lack of knowledge about measures to contain the coronavirus were on full display, The Epoch Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Jan. 29, the Beijing government sent a working team to Huanggang, a city with over 6.3 million people located just 30 miles east of the coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan in the Hubei province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The team held a meeting with Tang Zhihong, chief of the city\u2019s health commission, and Chen Mingxing, director of the city\u2019s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) accompanied the working team and recorded the meeting.\u00a0When prompted with questions by the experts from Beijing, Tang couldn\u2019t answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the CCTV video<\/a>, the Beijing experts asked the current capacity of hospitals in the city. Tang kept silent. When pressed again, Tang answered: \u201cWe have an official who is in charge of this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n