Wuhan pool party sees hundreds packed together in China’s former coronavirus epicentre

Disturbing video has emerged showing hundreds of swimmers in China’s former coronavirus epicentre crammed together for a massive pool party.

Hundreds of people can be seen packed shoulder-to-shoulder at a water park in the city of Wuhan where the killer Covid-19 pandemic began.

The video taken over the weekend at Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park suggest the carefree swimmers have forgotten about the infection risk posed by close contact, despite living in the first place to be ravaged by the virus.

They can be seen standing cheek by jowl as they watch a performance while cooling down amid searing summer heat.

Others use inflatable rings and dinghies, but with little space to float about.

But these shocking scenes are a far cry from the strict lockdown which was imposed on the central Hubei province city on January 23, when the killer bug began spiralling out of control.

The draconian measures stopped the movement of Wuhan's 11million residents.

All public transport, including buses, railways, flights, and ferry services was suspended and movement outside homes was restricted.

The lockdown was lifted in April 8 — by which point the virus was ripping through western Europe and the United States.

Officially 3,000 perished in Wuhan from the airborne virus.

But those living there reportedly believe about 42,000 people died.

Others estimate more given the number of cremation urns being delivered to funeral homes.

So far the pandemic has killed more than 770,000 people globally, with the western world bracing itself for a second wave.

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[alzeuselric]

At this point, they're just trolling the world.

[sydneydorono]

I’m in China now, and isn’t this normal everywhere? This is news? My everyday life is

[andrewmusictv]

China is like that student who finishes their exam early while the rest of the students (other countries) continue working on it.

[masterlion]

There giving you the finger and you don't even realize it

[johnluo]

China: party America: SecOnD WaV.

[haha]

When they had a lockdown in January, everyone was like their government is inhumane and we were like it's not going to happen to us. Why they can't have a party after hardwork? We never have a real lockdown in the first place, people were everywhere, no mask until August, people at the beach since May, most of us doesn't listen to the government, etc. Do we expect to do better than them?

[uknancy]

They don't look too worried about the second wave we keep hearing about.

[xavier]

we tested all the citizens in Wuhan in May, TAHT IS WHY WE CAN ENJOY THE PARTY SAFELY NOW!

[winduslel]

Every single citizen in Wuhan got a test. EVERYONE, can you even imagine?

[montagekurt]

The worst thing is, that nobody invited me.

[DJRAJEE]

lool that crowd is so dead wtf kind of pool party is that?

[jcentricity]

They are saying "We don't have for profit healthcare so we can test EVERYONE that's why we are PARTYING all night long!" Hmm maybe they have a point

[SamDru]

*They won the war without firing any single bullet or bomb*

[meachy]

With that many people in the pool, you have to have a serious concern on how much of that is actual water and how much is pee. Just saying.

[saintbrush]

A party in china is staying huddled in a crowd

[MrStormtroopa]

I like how he pushes the sexy girl off the stage, so he can have all the fame 😂 😂

[LoveCuteCharleneChoi]

When students、workers stayed home in late January，many doctors、nurses and people in China government sacrificed their Spring Festival holidays fighting with COVID-19 in frontline. E.g One of my friend，who worked in Suzhou Gusu street office，was called back to work in 29th January.
Many unknown heros fight hard，and that's the reason why Wuhan recovered completely.
These heros did what they promised——“serve the people”，but many bias medias won't let you see that.
I wish everyone could come here and see with his own eyes

[capealio]

That is definitely not the music theure hearing look how its so out of sunc eith the dj near the beginning

[Samira-xehl]

Indeed, the reason why Wuhan can return to a normal life today is that it has spent a lot of money on epidemic prevention.

You know, as early as March 8, Wuhan has achieved zero new confirmed cases. On April 26th, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in hospital in Wuhan was zero.

Subsequently, in order to detect more potential virus carriers, the Wuhan government also made great efforts to conduct full nucleic acid testing.

On May 11, Wuhan COVID-19 epidemic Prevention and Control headquarters issued a notice that a "ten-day campaign" for novel coronavirus testing will be carried out throughout the city, and the cost of testing will be fully borne by the urban finance. According to official data, at the end of 2019, Wuhan had a resident population of 11.212 million.

In other words, within a short period of ten days, medical staff and community workers in Wuhan have completed tens of millions of nucleic acid tests to strictly detect asymptomatic patients, so that everyone can rest assured.

Wuhan Mayan Beach Water Park, which hosts the water music festival, has also implemented strict epidemic prevention measures.

After endless efforts, now, people in Wuhan have finally returned to normal life, such as shopping, parties, music festivals and other pleasures of life, all returned to everyone's side.

The people of Wuhan are worth it!

[spamfood]

How is this video described as ‘disturbing’? Has the Sun lost the plot?