Wuhan plunged into lockdown 3yrs after first Covid case with 800k in quarantine

CHINA has plunged 800,000 people in Wuhan back into lockdown as the Communist nation continues its brutal “Covid Zero” policies.

Beijing is taking a no-tolerance approach to the virus – enforcing a lockdown in the city after just 20 to 25 new infections a day this week.

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping – who was this week made “Emperor for Life” – is using what has been dubbed as the “world’s strictest lockdown” to control his citizens.

Wuhan was the site of the world’s first Covid outbreak – sounding the alarm to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on December 31, 2019.

The true origins of the virus remain unknown.

The outbreak then spiralled into a global pandemic that has so far killed more than 6.5million people and infected 635million.

But while the rest of the world appears to be attempting to move on from Covid, China continues to use brutal policies to stop the virus.

China nationwide recorded just 1,000 new cases nationwide from its population of 1.4billion.

Wuhan has registered 240 cases over the last two weeks.

But that was enough to tip the scales as 800,000 people in one district were ordered to stay home until at least October 30.

Wuhan has also suspended the sale of pork in parts of the city, according to reports on social media.

It was suggested the latest Covid cases could have been linked to the sale of meat.

And this matches with the theory that may have first emerged from Wuhan’s now-infamous Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.

The first cases of the virus were centered on the wet market in downtown Wuhan which was packed with live animals for sale.

It is suggested the virus could have jumped from one species to another before then mutating to infect humans.

Some have cast heavy doubt on this theory, however – instead pointing fingers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

WIV was home to various bat-based coronaviruses, and it’s been suggested the infection could have escaped or been carried out by a sick worker.

China has always angrily denied these allegations.

Wuhan was not the only new lockdown in China – with Guangzhou also being sealed up.

People were ordered to stay home in areas that were deemed high risk of Covid resurgence.

And meanwhile, in Xining there have been reports of food shortages and skyrocketing prices.

Other recent Covid outbreaks in China has seen the cities of Datong and Xi’an put under new measures.

Bejing attraction Universal Studios Resort was also shut down due to a single Covid case, and there were viral cases at a factory in Zhengzhou which makes iPhones.

China has recorded a total of 258,000 Covid cases and just over 5,000 deaths – a small number compared to other nations.

Britain meanwhile suffered 192,682 deaths from nearly 24million cases, while the US faces 99million cases and nearly 1.1million deaths.

However, there has been major sceptisim about China’s figures – with numerous reports suggesting the Communist Party covered up the true extent of the giant nation’s outbreak.