After September 8, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a commendation conference to declare victory over the novel coronavirus, Ruili, a southern city in Yunan Province, bordering Myanmar, reported cases of the coronavirus infection.
The authorities only announced two infection cases, but it declared that it would conduct nucleic acid testing on all residents in Ruili which is about 210,000 people. Several of its actions, including locking down the city, building thousands of hospital beds, and moving in over 1,000 medical staff from other cities, made people wonder whether the real situation was much worse than what the government reported.
#1: China reported 2 cases on September 12 and 13, claiming the patients were from Myanmar and had illegally entered China. On September 14, the authorities then locked down the city of Ruili. The official WeChat account of the Yunan Provincial government reported that the government learned the mobile hospital concept from Wuhan and had set up several thousand patient beds in a large indoor facility, ready for patients to move in. On Twitter, Chinese netizens also posted pictures of Zhong Nanshan, a high-profile doctor on the coronavirus efforts, who showed up in Yunan. (New Talk)
#2: China sent eight medical teams, with a total of 632 medical staff members, from other cities and provinces, to Ruili. In addition, the Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yunan Province, sent another 564 medical staff members to Ruili to support nucleic acid testing. (Xinhua)
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1. Excerpt in Chinese:
雲南瑞麗12日、13日分別發現緬甸偷渡客確診，且活動範圍包括當地市場，當局14日宣布封城，並連日進行普篩，目前已火速建造「方艙醫院」，還有中國網友爆料，中國病毒專家鍾南山也已經趕赴雲南，擔心又爆發大規模感染事件。
雲南省政府官方微信帳號表示，當地省長阮成發持續進行督導作業，視察各項防疫措施，其中包括在今年疫情最嚴重時期，曾經出現在重災區武漢的「方艙醫院」，動用公共空間改狀成臨時醫院，雲南目前一處大型室內場所已經擺放數千張病床，等待確診病患入住。不過，外界對此質疑，一共才2個確診病例，需要這麼大的方艙醫院？懷疑官方隱匿疫情。
另外，還有中國網友翻牆至推特轉貼鍾南山現身雲南當地的影片，雖然沒有任何中國媒體報導相關消息，影片真實性有待證實，但已引發許多網友恐慌， 紛紛留言說：「方艙醫院都出來了，肯定沒好事」、「到底多嚴重阿…千萬別瞞了！」、「再這樣騙下去只會讓全世界都更慘」。
Source: New Talk, September 17, 2020
https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2020-09-17/466496
2. Excerpt in Chinese:
家指导会诊，目前瑞丽市2例从缅甸输入的新冠肺炎确诊病例仍为一例“轻型”、一例“普通型”，均在定点收治医院接受中西医协同对症支持治疗，病情较入院时好转，无重症倾向。
德宏州委常委、瑞丽市委书记龚云尊表示，瑞丽市发生新冠肺炎疫情境外输入病例以来，得到了国家、省、州及兄弟县市的大力支持，目前共有来自四川省核酸检测队、云南省疾控中心、保山市、大理州、丽江市等的8支队伍632人，支援瑞丽市开展核酸采样、转运、检测等工作。同时，德宏州州级医疗卫生机构和其他县市抽调了564名医务人员支援瑞丽市核酸采样工作。
Source: Xinhua, September 16, 2020
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2020-09/16/c_1126502662.htm