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Officials rumored that mass corpses were burned in Wuhan, air monitoring was not true
issuing time: 12/02/2020-13:15
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Gu Li
In response to media reports using the website Windy data, “Wuhan suspected that a large number of Wuhan pneumonia patients' bodies were burned, resulting in an alarming concentration of sulfur dioxide in the air”. The Central News Agency quoted a report today, saying that outsiders believe that the current published diagnosis data cannot reflect the true situation, because many patients have died before they can be diagnosed with Wuhan pneumonia (coronavirus disease in 2019).
According to a report by the Central News Agency today, it is reported that Wuhan has burned a large number of corpses, and China claims that the air monitoring data are false. The news pointed out that a media report said that “the suspected incineration of a large number of Wuhan pneumonia patients’ bodies in Wuhan caused an alarming concentration of sulfur dioxide in the air. ”The relevant person in charge of the China National Environmental Monitoring Station came out today to“ remove rumors ”, stating that the data used by foreign media differed from actual monitoring data by 200 Times.
The report said that many media reports recently that data from the Czech weather service website "Windy" shows that Wuhan is full of sulfur dioxide (SO2) with a concentration of more than 80 micrograms per cubic meter in the city. At 7 o'clock in the evening on the 8th, An even more alarming concentration of 1700 micrograms per cubic meter appeared in other cities in Hubei Province. Some netizens traced the location where the sulfur dioxide was the most concentrated, and found that it was quite close to the local cemetery and lime sand brick factory. It was suspected that it was related to the authorities' treatment of the dead patient's body, and it was estimated that 14,000 remains would be cremated to release such a large amount of sulfur dioxide.
According to the comprehensive Beijing News and China News.com, the relevant person in charge of China National Environmental Monitoring Station stated on the 12th that relevant experts from China National Environmental Monitoring Station, the Satellite Environment Application Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences checked the relevant information. "After careful comparison and verification, The increase of SO2 concentration in Wuhan released by the Windy website is seriously distorted, and its SO2 concentration data is not credible. According to the data at 0 and 1 on the 9th, Windy website pointed out that the concentration of sulfur dioxide in Wuhan "contaminated area" reached per cubic meter. Above 1500 micrograms, the highest concentration is even more than 1700 micrograms; but according to Chinese air monitoring stations, the carbon dioxide concentration before and after this period fluctuates only between 4 and 8 micrograms per cubic meter, and the difference between the two concentrations is as much as 200 times.
According to the person in charge, not only Wuhan, but also the ground surface sulfur dioxide concentrations published elsewhere on Windy's website have great deviations from local monitoring results. Taking the data from Beijing Dongsi Station on the 11th as an example, the hourly deviation between the two can reach 4 to 60 times, and the daily deviation can reach 15 times, which is significantly higher than the "actual concentration".
According to the Central News Agency, several media reported that data from the Czech weather service website "Windy" shows that Wuhan is full of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The picture shows the results of netizens sharing Chinese SO2 data on the Windy community website on the 10th. (Picture taken from community.windy.com, Windy's community webpage)
However, Chinese officials have "clarified" the report from overseas media, which also reflects the serious concern of the epidemic in Wuhan. It is reported that the outside world believes that the current published diagnosis data cannot reflect the true situation, because many patients have died before they can be diagnosed with Wuhan pneumonia (coronavirus disease in 2019).
According to an article published by Tencent on the Internet, a Hubei funeral worker stated in early February that the unit where he worked had been changed to a 24-hour stand-by in order to dispose of the remains in a timely manner. According to him, after the outbreak, the unit stipulated that everything should be simplified. In order to avoid crowds and no farewell ceremony before cremation, all the remains need to be handled as soon as possible regardless of whether pneumonia is diagnosed. Some family members were unable to accept the requirement of immediate cremation, refused to sign the cremation consent, and some were out of control.
http://www.rfi.fr/cn/中国/20200212-传武汉大量焚烧尸体-官方辟谣指空气监测不实
