Liberty Times reported that an Internet video showed a scene that was likely to be taken on a street in Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, which had implemented “Wartime Control.”
The video showed that buildings along the street were all sealed from the outside using blocks. People were working on nailing the blocks in place. People watching the video asked how the residents on the inside could escape if there was a fire or how they could go to the hospital if they were infected with the coronavirus.
Local residents reported that, even so, people still managed to get together to play mahjong or cards.
Related postings on Chinascope:
- Local Government: On February 13, a Few Cities in Hubei Issued “Wartime Control Orders”
- Local Government: On February 13, Beijing CDC Issued a “Wartime Status Order”
Excerpt in Chinese:
中國武漢肺炎持續延燒，湖北省孝感市發布「17號令」，規定自今（17日）凌晨0時起，市內居民全數嚴禁外出。目前微博上正流傳著一段影片，似乎是昨天（16日）準備執行17號令時，將街道上整排民宅的大門全都用木條、木板封死。
從影片裡可以看到，拍攝的民眾沿著道路慢慢前進左右拍攝，在道路兩旁的民宅大門無一例外都被木條和木板封死，現場還有人員正在逐一封門，不時有鐵鎚敲打釘子的聲音傳來，猶如在釘棺木一般。
中國網民看完影片後莫不驚呼連連，有人認為這種封法實在是太誇張了，假如遇到火災那就一個都跑不掉，而且如果有住戶真的感染了，「門被封了他怎麼去醫院呢？」
不過，有孝感當地居民出面透露，當地大部分人都是等檢查的官員來了之後，躲貓貓似地在家裡待一下，等到官員一走就都出來打牌，雖然他沒有說明大門被封了要怎麼出去，但有不少人都猜測住戶可能會從二樓垂降。
Source: Liberty Times, February 17, 2020
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3070805