Zoom News : Jun 02, 2022, 08:45 PM
Shanghai. According to a report by Chinese Digital Times, a website covering the events of China, officials of the Chinese government have stopped the media from using the word lockdown. Officials have told the media that there is a ban on the use of the word lockdown, do not use this word in any news. Actually, Corona lockdown was imposed in Shanghai for the last two months. Now from June 1, people have been given limited freedom to go out.
The Chinese Digital Times report said that people in Shanghai have recently been allowed to leave their homes, use public transport and work from their offices. China had followed the lockdown very strictly here. After this a massive campaign of corona testing was launched and all people were compulsorily required to get tested twice a week. Meanwhile, government officials have said that the media should refrain from using the word 'lockdown' in their reports while reporting about the end of the two-month-long lockdown.Don't use phrases like 'end lockdown'However, there is a leaked directive, asking the media in the country not to use the phrase 'end the lockdown'. The Chinese Digital Times was quoted in the news of 'NDTV' as saying that due to the Corona epidemic, management was taken care of in Shanghai, but the main work of the city continued during this period. NDTV has not independently verified the leaked documents. It has been said in the news that not every person is allowed to move freely in the whole city or in every district. Government officials have said that this is not the same exemption nor should it be reported in the news.Verbal instructions lack accuracyThings like the end of the lockdown and the widespread exemption will send the wrong message to the people. Here the Chinese Digital Times has said that 'sometimes verbal instructions are given to journalists and editors. Sometimes there is no accuracy about them. Some instructions are issued by local authorities or specific areas. In Shanghai, about 25 million people were confined to homes since the end of March due to the outbreak of the Omicron virus. Now the Covid-19 restrictions have been eased.
The Chinese Digital Times report said that people in Shanghai have recently been allowed to leave their homes, use public transport and work from their offices. China had followed the lockdown very strictly here. After this a massive campaign of corona testing was launched and all people were compulsorily required to get tested twice a week. Meanwhile, government officials have said that the media should refrain from using the word 'lockdown' in their reports while reporting about the end of the two-month-long lockdown.Don't use phrases like 'end lockdown'However, there is a leaked directive, asking the media in the country not to use the phrase 'end the lockdown'. The Chinese Digital Times was quoted in the news of 'NDTV' as saying that due to the Corona epidemic, management was taken care of in Shanghai, but the main work of the city continued during this period. NDTV has not independently verified the leaked documents. It has been said in the news that not every person is allowed to move freely in the whole city or in every district. Government officials have said that this is not the same exemption nor should it be reported in the news.Verbal instructions lack accuracyThings like the end of the lockdown and the widespread exemption will send the wrong message to the people. Here the Chinese Digital Times has said that 'sometimes verbal instructions are given to journalists and editors. Sometimes there is no accuracy about them. Some instructions are issued by local authorities or specific areas. In Shanghai, about 25 million people were confined to homes since the end of March due to the outbreak of the Omicron virus. Now the Covid-19 restrictions have been eased.