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Watu 27 wamepoteza maisha na 20 kujeruhiwa wakiwa njiani kuelekea kwenye kituo cha karantini cha Covid-19 wakati basi lao lilipopinduka katika eneo la Guizhou, Kusini-Magharibi mwa China.
Guizhou imerekodi zaidi ya maambukizi mapya 900 ya COVID19 ndani ya Septemba 16 na 17, 2022 pekee.
Baadhi ya watu kwenye Mitandao ya Kijamii wametumia ajali hiyo kukosoa Sera ya kupambana na maambukizi ya UVIKO19 , ambapo mara nyingi maelfu ya watu hutenganishwa na familia zao kwa kupelekwa Kwenye vituo vya karantini kwa kuhisiwa kuwa na maambukizi.
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The Guizhou government confirmed later Sunday that the vehicle had been "transporting people linked to the epidemic to quarantine" from the provincial capital of Guiyang, and that the accident occurred around 2:40 am (1840 GMT).
"At present, on-site rescue work is basically completed, the treatment of the injured and aftercare of the deceased are being carried out in an orderly manner, and the cause of the accident is under investigation," the local government said in a social media statement.
It was not clear whether the passengers were infected with Covid, close contacts, or living in the same building as virus patients.
Guizhou has seen more than 900 new infections in the past two days and Guiyang, home to six million people, was locked down earlier in September. Photos shared widely on social media Sunday showed a gold-coloured passenger bus, its top is completely crumpled, being towed by a truck.
Another viral photo appeared to show the bus driving at night, with the driver and passengers wearing hazmat suits, which are still commonly worn in China to protect against Covid. "This feeling can't simply be represented by lighting a candle and saying RIP," read one Weibo post with more than 15,000 likes.
Some people on social media used the accident to criticise China's unrelenting zero-Covid policy, which has often seen entire housing compounds of thousands relocated to purpose-built quarantine facilities, sometimes hundreds of kilometres away.
"What proof do you have that you won't be on that bus at night someday?" read one viral Weibo post with over 15,000 likes. The top-rated reply read: "Who said we're not on that bus late at night, we're clearly all there."
"We're all on this terrifying, dark bus."
Guizhou's Communist Party chief and the provincial governor "rushed" to Qiannan prefecture to direct emergency response work, the local government said, adding the officials "expressed deep condolences to the victims".
"It is necessary to draw a lesson from the accident, examine the quarantine and transportation of epidemic-linked personnel and hidden dangers in traffic safety... resolutely curb the occurrence of major accidents," the statement said.
Guizhou officials also vowed to set up a working group to investigate the cause of the accident. During a two-month lockdown in the megacity of Shanghai this spring, some housing compound residents were forced to leave their homes and were bussed to crude quarantine facilities in neighbouring provinces in the middle of the night -- despite testing negative for Covid.
Road accidents remain fairly common in China, where irregular enforcement and lax safety standards have resulted in a string of fatalities over the years.
Source: Aljazeera
Guizhou imerekodi zaidi ya maambukizi mapya 900 ya COVID19 ndani ya Septemba 16 na 17, 2022 pekee.
Baadhi ya watu kwenye Mitandao ya Kijamii wametumia ajali hiyo kukosoa Sera ya kupambana na maambukizi ya UVIKO19 , ambapo mara nyingi maelfu ya watu hutenganishwa na familia zao kwa kupelekwa Kwenye vituo vya karantini kwa kuhisiwa kuwa na maambukizi.
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The Guizhou government confirmed later Sunday that the vehicle had been "transporting people linked to the epidemic to quarantine" from the provincial capital of Guiyang, and that the accident occurred around 2:40 am (1840 GMT).
"At present, on-site rescue work is basically completed, the treatment of the injured and aftercare of the deceased are being carried out in an orderly manner, and the cause of the accident is under investigation," the local government said in a social media statement.
It was not clear whether the passengers were infected with Covid, close contacts, or living in the same building as virus patients.
Guizhou has seen more than 900 new infections in the past two days and Guiyang, home to six million people, was locked down earlier in September. Photos shared widely on social media Sunday showed a gold-coloured passenger bus, its top is completely crumpled, being towed by a truck.
Another viral photo appeared to show the bus driving at night, with the driver and passengers wearing hazmat suits, which are still commonly worn in China to protect against Covid. "This feeling can't simply be represented by lighting a candle and saying RIP," read one Weibo post with more than 15,000 likes.
Some people on social media used the accident to criticise China's unrelenting zero-Covid policy, which has often seen entire housing compounds of thousands relocated to purpose-built quarantine facilities, sometimes hundreds of kilometres away.
"What proof do you have that you won't be on that bus at night someday?" read one viral Weibo post with over 15,000 likes. The top-rated reply read: "Who said we're not on that bus late at night, we're clearly all there."
"We're all on this terrifying, dark bus."
Guizhou's Communist Party chief and the provincial governor "rushed" to Qiannan prefecture to direct emergency response work, the local government said, adding the officials "expressed deep condolences to the victims".
"It is necessary to draw a lesson from the accident, examine the quarantine and transportation of epidemic-linked personnel and hidden dangers in traffic safety... resolutely curb the occurrence of major accidents," the statement said.
Guizhou officials also vowed to set up a working group to investigate the cause of the accident. During a two-month lockdown in the megacity of Shanghai this spring, some housing compound residents were forced to leave their homes and were bussed to crude quarantine facilities in neighbouring provinces in the middle of the night -- despite testing negative for Covid.
Road accidents remain fairly common in China, where irregular enforcement and lax safety standards have resulted in a string of fatalities over the years.
Source: Aljazeera
