Thread by @VerbatimHKG

Well, for those who MARVEL at how well China is doing in keeping #COVID19 at bay, residents in the city of Tonghua, Jilin are taking to Weibo to beg for help. Rough translations:

- We weren't defeated by the virus, but now we're losing to hunger and common sickness.... /n

https://twitter.com/williamlong/status/1353002532289736710

...young people can drink water to survive, but what about our aging parents? Patients w/high blood pressure, diabetes etc have no medication. We are begging the world: who can save us?

- I am an 8 month pregnant resident of Tonghua, I haven't eaten fruits in days...

...authorities never contacted us, we asked the community shopping team what we can do, they said they're crazy busy, so my goal is to not go hungry. But at night I constantly wake up to hunger as I'm almost about to give birth

#China #COVID19

/n

I'm a resident of Xinzhan St, Dongchang District in Tonghua, our entire housing estate has been sealed off for entry, guards everywhere, you can't even go outside, not even dumping garbage. We don't see a single car on the streets nearby, I'm almost running out of food at home...

...my neighbor upstairs is already eating noodles with just sauce, no one at the local authorities' offices are answering phone calls, prices for eggs are rising, all the hotels in Baishan (district) in Tonghua are now used as government quarantine centers...

#Weibo

My parents ran out of food; today the authorities stopped deliveries so they're not getting the stuff they ordered. Please do something, there are families who were already in quarantine before the city-wide shut down, it's been 10 days and they really ran out of food

In Tonghua, every family (home) would have quarantine/barricade stickers (stuck on the doors), a ton of my friends are sending messages in our WeChat circles saying they ran out of things to eat. Deliveries have stopped too. Tonghua truly isn't a huge city, can someone...

...make sure supplies and resources (will reach the hands of the residents)? They're even running out of places to quarantine people now

- Please can someone please pay attention to what is happening now in Tonghua? Before they start barricading down the homes...

...many housing estates and communities were already in full lock down mode, people are running out of food at home, so many other issues, authorities are not answering phone calls, the promised volunteer-based food delivery didn't happen, gov said deliveries would be done...

...that didn't happen either, no one can ever get through to the some 5 or 6 help hotlines, please, we are hoping the government will do something, people can't really make it much longer anymore
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Note: unsure what barricade means here - whether it's just stickers on doors...

...or more visible features, apps or other means to make sure people don't step outside their homes.

Summary: people who are observing the lockdown in Tonghua, Jilin Province in China are near their limits. Food is running out, many need medication and other basic care.

SOE media channels reporting on how 14 officials at municipal and district levels were handed penalties for not taking care of the mess in Tonghua, Jilin:

news.cctv.com/2021/01/23/ART…

A netizen with family in Tonghua:

- See the comments and posts on Tonghua City's official Weibo account? Not to worry, they'll all be gone in a few months as if nothing ever happened.

(Note: all negative comments and complaints).

https://twitter.com/idzhang3/status/1353082915601707008