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Hiding Information: Xi’an Confirmed a Local Infection but Its Province Reported Zero

On March 5, the Xi’an Municipal High-Tech Zone Epidemic Prevention and Control Center in Shaanxi Province confirmed to the Paper, a news media in Beijing, that the Zhangba Street Epidemic Prevention and Control Center of the High-Tech Zone issued a “Notice on Conducting Strict Quarantine and Observation of the Second Unit of Building #1 at Rome Sicily Neighborhood.” (Rome Sicily Neighborhood is a residential neighborhood).

The Notice said that a patient there had been confirmed as having a novel coronavirus re-infection (the patient was healed but then later tested positive). The patient was taken to a hospital and his family members were also quarantined at a hospital. All other residents at the Second Unit are under strict quarantine measure.

However, from March 4 8 a.m. to March 5 a.m., Shaanxi Province reported zero new infection cases. Since then and for 14 days, the province has kept reporting zero cases.

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Excerpt in Chinese:

3月5日15时,西安市高新区疫情防控指挥部向澎湃新闻(www.thepaper.cn)证实,西安市高新区丈八街道疫情防控指挥部3月5日下发了一则《关于对罗马一号楼二单元采取严格隔离观察措施的公告》,该公告称该区确定一例新型冠状病毒检测复阳确诊病例,并对该患者所在楼单元采取严格隔离观察措施。

上述《关于对罗马一号楼二单元采取严格隔离观察措施的公告》提到,罗马西西里一号楼二单元确定一例新型冠状病毒检测复阳确诊病例。目前该病患已被指定医院收治,其家属也已进入指定医院进行医学隔离。为保障小区全体居民安全,降低感染风险,根据《中华人民共和国传染病防治法》相关规定和《西安市新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎疫情防控指挥部办公室关于严格居家隔离观察对象和区域的通知》(市指办发【2020】24号),以及高新区疫情防控指挥部3月5日04:01的指令要求,现对罗马西西里一号楼二单元采取严格隔离措施(解除隔离时间另行通知)。

据华商报3月5日消息,2020年3月4日8时至5日8时,陕西无新增新冠肺炎确诊病例,新增疑似病例0例,陕西连续14日无新增新冠肺炎。

Source: The Paper, March 5, 2020
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_6344637