China4 major cities in Zhejiang are under new probation: only one family member is allowed to go out every two days.

This is a new blockade order issued by Chinese authorities in four major cities of the coastal province of Zhejiang, including Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Taizhou and Ningbo, to prevent pandemic pneumonia caused by a new strain of corona virus (nCoV). ) spread.

More than 30 million residents in four major cities who want to leave their settlements to go to other residential areas or to supermarkets must be stamped or have their personal identification scanned by the government. Staff at each charging station will measure body temperature for each passerby.

"The houses here are closed. We are completely isolated," said Chen Zongyao, a 55-year-old man in Wenzhou, who was fortunate enough to store rice and fish before the epidemic spread to Zhejiang.

Zhejiang, 800 km away from Wuhan, is the second-largest recorded case in China, after Hubei province. Among them, Wenzhou is the city outside of Hubei Province with the highest number of cases. More than 100,000 people living in Wuhan come from Wenzhou and many of those carriers have returned to their hometowns during the Chinese New Year holidays.

Public transport in Wenzhou was suspended on Jan. 31 and the property is expected to close until at least February 18. Funerals and weddings are prohibited.

"As I told you, this place is no different from Wuhan. It is the second Wuhan," said the woman, who did not want to reveal the name of the person working at the roadside station next to the charging station entering the city. Wenzhou side.

The tollgate closed two lanes for police to wear protective gear to check passports and the temperature of the pedestrians. Only residents with a valid permit can enter the city and are told not to exit.

"For your health, please cooperate during the checkout process," a sign posted. People who ride in cars through the station, such as families with young children, business managers or young couples, are covered by masks.

Long cars lined up with trucks filled with sweet potatoes with banners on the roof of the car stating that they were supporting food. Officials sent food including fruit, porridge, bread and instant noodles to residents trapped in the city daily.

However, lack of food is still a topic that many people talk about. At the Walmart supermarket in Wenzhou, long lines of people wait, sometimes two hours, to buy rice, instant noodles and canned food. A shopper said the supermarket ran out of fresh food.

After the outbreak, Wenzhou isolated around 20,000 hotels in the city. This is the gathering place for all people who have been in contact with an infected person or have been to Hubei in the previous two weeks.

Lawyer Chen Bin was taken to a quarantine point after visiting his hometown in Hubei Province with his two children and his parents-in-law. They are currently in a separate room in the same hotel and are only contacted by phone. Chen said at first he could not sleep because he was worried that "the air is also full of germs".

A woman isolated in a hotel room in Wenzhou wrote on Douyin, the name of Tik Tok in China, that: "I'm going crazy. I can't sit or lie comfortably. My whole body hurts. humid ".

Even a few others were more annoyed. When police carrying equipment from a task force, including plastic shields, appeared at the door of a woman's home in Wenzhou, once exposed to an epidemic, she refused to go to the quarantine point.

"I don't need isolation," the woman in pink pajamas shouted to the police.

"This is a must. It's a government order," the police officer shouted back. The woman tried to hold a knife to attack the police but was restrained and brought to the quarantine point later. However, this is only a special case.

Many Wenzhou residents agreed with the government's regulations after seeing the situation in Wuhan. "I think everyone understands and agrees with the current blockade policy. They are all afraid of spreading the virus," Chen said.

In a nearby apartment complex, the 32-year-old mother who called herself "Lemon" said she learned to cook during the blockade. She lives with her husband and 4-year-old daughter.

"I feel fine staying in the house like that, even longer," Lemon, who works for the government, said as her daughter giggled by her side. "She was too young to understand what was going on. She just knew that the virus was scary and we couldn't get out of the house," Lemon added.

The Xia woman, who runs a small home appliance factory in the area, did not see any problem when she had to close down her business for an indefinite period. "Life is more important than making money," Xia said.

However, the outbreak caused Wenzhou people to face the same stigma and discrimination as people in Hubei. Many people who are asked to isolate at home say they feel unwelcome in the neighborhood and many neighbors suggest they move to the hotel instead of at home.

Some people elsewhere in Zhejiang province reported being alienated when they returned from Wenzhou. Officials in many localities even put a "No Visitor" sign in front of Allen Li's home in Hangzhou and sealed the door with metal rods.

"We had an argument with them but they said it was a decision of their superiors. We knew we shouldn't go out. But their actions were inhumane. What if my family had a fire?" at midnight and can't find anyone unlocking? "Li said.

Everyone is now accustomed to the current blockade. Chen, a resident from northern Wenzhou, hopes to go home in the next few weeks. "I think the blockade order will not be lifted this month," Chen said.