Chinese Authorities in Coronavirus Epicenter Have Begun Partially Shutting Down the Internet
BY NICOLE HAO
February 21, 2020 Updated: February 21, 2020
“The internet connection in my home was cut off for several days. I kept on calling the mayor’s hotline, but nobody is taking care of us,” said a resident of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, where the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak began.
Since Feb. 11, more and more Wuhan residents reported that their home internet connections were down. To contain the outbreak, Wuhan authorities have issued strict quarantine measures, allowing only one person per household to leave their homes.
The Chinese-language Epoch Times spoke with a number of Wuhan residents and found that some neighborhoods, where there are large numbers of reported COVID-19 infections, have had their internet cut off.
Commentators believed that the authorities are using this method to restrict netizens’ ability to talk freely about the situation on the ground.
Since the outbreak in early December 2019, about 70 percent of the officially reported cases of infection are in Wuhan.
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Several interviewees told the Chinese-language Epoch Times that their residential areas began broadcasting messages via loudspeakers installed on lampposts that their internet connections would be cut off soon, starting from Feb. 10 evening.
A Wuhan resident who lives on Jiangdi Zhong road in Jianghan district posted on social media that the internet connection in his home was cut off beginning Feb. 11 afternoon. He checked with other neighbors who l
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