Social media users compared the scenes to the starkly different situation in many other nations, where even countries which have got their Covid-19 outbreaks under control still ban large gatherings and enforce many measures meant to limit infection., a combative tabloid controlled by the Chinese state, noted the criticism and pushed back.
Partygoers watch a music performance from a swimming pool at the Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park in Wuhan, China, on August 15, 2020.It said that the reaction"exposed overseas 'sour grapes' and also prompted some to reflect on epidemic control in their own countries". And it countered that many viewed the party as a sign that Wuhan's lockdown and other steps to control the virus had worked,Chinese authorities say there have been no domestically transmitted cases of the coronavirus in Hubei, the province of which Wuhan is the capital, since mid-May.
This photo taken on August 15, 2020 shows people watching a performance as they cool off in a swimming pool in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.Some people highlighted the contrast between life in Wuhan and much of the rest of the world, while others appeared angry that the city where the virus was first recorded was experiencing normality.