Hebei Province is one of areas in China that has the highest infection of COVID-19. It is not clear how many people have been infected since the Chinese Communist Party is known for hiding such information and for reporting a much smaller count. However, even the government’s numbers show false reporting.
- On January 14, Longrao County, Hebei Province reported that its massive test of the country residents was negative for everyone. However, on January 17, the country reported 2 confirmed cases and 1 asymptomatic case. The local government then blamed the company conducting the tests for reporting the result before receiving test results.
- On January 16, Meng Xianghong, Deputy Governor of Heber Province, stated at a news briefing, that Shijiazhuang City had completed its second round of nucleic acid testing on January 14 and found 247 positive cases. However, on January 15, Hebei Provincial Health Commission reported that on January 14, the province had 90 newly confirmed cases, including 84 cases from Shijiazhang. The number 84 was much smaller than 247 – the number of positive cases that the Deputy Governor mentioned.
- Netizens found that the Hebei Provincial Health Commission had been reporting the same infection count on three out of four consecutive days: January 12 – 90 count, January 13 – 81, January 14 – 90, and January 15 – 90. Some people posted under China Central Television microblog page: “Why did Hebei report 90 cases on each of those days? Is it a coincident or because they did not dare to report more?”
- A netizen posted a list of COVID-19 patient names on January 3, including six confirmed cases in Shizjiazhang city. On that same day, the government reported only 1 confirmed case.
Excerpt in Chinese:
中國各地近期相繼爆發武漢肺炎疫情，其中河北省正值疫情嚴峻之際，卻爆出14日有一縣的病毒核酸檢測結果遭謊報全為陰性，17日才確認有2例確診和1名無症狀感染者。當地官員急撇清說，為加速檢測速度，委由濟南華曦醫學檢驗有限公司進行病毒檢測，結果才導致謊報疫情事件發生，而涉事檢測機構集團業務遍布中國全國，中國當局宣稱目前公安機關已對涉事者採取刑事強制措施。
根據隆堯縣報告，因檢測能力有限，當地第二輪核酸檢測委託濟南華曦醫學檢驗有限公司承擔，該公司收集點翟姓負責人在樣本尚未檢測完成、也不知道已完成檢測數量和結果的情況下，14日向縣衛健局謊報送檢樣本全部為陰性。
除了第三方醫學檢測機構數據涉假之外，中共官方通報的疫情數據也被懷疑「刻意瞞報」。河北省副省長16日在疫情新聞發布會上稱，截至14日，石家莊市第二輪核酸檢測全部完成，檢測發現陽性病例247例。一週前，第一輪檢測陽性病例為354例。而河北省衛健委15日通報稱，14日河北省新增90例確診病例，其中石家莊市84例。其中顯示，河北省衛健委的疫情通報並沒有將石家莊第二輪核酸檢測發現的數百例陽性病例計算在內。
還有中國網友發現，河北省衛健委的報稱疫情數據出現連續4天有3天都出現「90例」的詭異巧合，河北15日確診新冠病毒患者90例，12日確診人數也是90例；13日81例；14日又是90例。許多中國網民在官媒《央視新聞》微博下留言質疑：「河北怎麽天天報導90，是巧合嗎？還是不敢報多，每天報90個？」此外，根據河北網民1月3日在微博發布的一份陽性患者名單顯示，石家莊下轄的新樂市、正定縣、省二院等地發現6例陽性病例。而石家莊當局同日通報確診病例僅為1例。
Source: New Talk, January 18, 2021
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