Qianjiang City, Hubei Province is 100 miles away from Wuhan with a population of 1 million. Starting on January 17, 2020, it stopped all entertainment activities in the city and became the first city in Hubei and also in China to implement certain “lockdown” measures. As a result, the infection count in the city was the second lowest among all cities in Hubei Province. As of March 10, it had an accumulation of 198 cases (including 179 cured and 9 deaths).
On March 10, the Qianjiang Novel Coronavirus Epidemic Prevention and Control Command Center issued Order No 26 stating that the city would resume normal production and life in a few days. All traffic checkpoints would be removed, all public transportation would resume, and all companies would resume production.
Many media covered the story and praised the city.
However, on March 11, the Command Center issued Order No 27, announcing the cancellation Order No 26 and that the city would continue strict traffic control and people control.
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1. Image of Order No 27 by the Qianjiang Novel Coronavirus Epidemic Prevention and Control Command Center:
Source: Liberty Times, March 11, 2020
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3095889
2. Excerpt in Chinese:
據悉，潛江距武漢約170公里，人口101萬。在武漢「封城」的前5天，1月17日，潛江市就第一時間出台「封城」的通告，終止了所有的娛樂活動，是湖北首個「封城」的城市。
疫情發生以來，潛江的防控效果比較好，確診人數處於全省倒數第二位，僅多於人口稀少的神農架林區。
不過，潛江市的確診數據尚未清零，且仍被列為高風險地區。截至3月10日24時，潛江市累計報告確診198例，累計治癒出院179例，累計病亡9例，就此數據可知，潛江市仍在院治療的10例。
3月10日上午，潛江市新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情防控指揮部專題會議決定，潛江市將於近日全面恢復正常生產生活秩序，市域內所有交通卡口將解除，所有公共交通將恢復，所有企業將全面復工復產。
但今天潛江市又撤銷了相關通告，引爆輿論將矛頭指向當地政府並質疑稱，「朝令夕改，政府公信力何在」，「是潛江的問題還是湖北省指揮部的問題，朝令夕改不止一回。」
Source: HK01, March 11, 2020
https://www.hk01.com/即時中國/446293/新冠肺炎-朝令夕改-潛江急撤-解封-通告-政府公信力遭質疑