China's Xinjiang region forces unproven herbal medicine on people amid COVID-19

government in China’s Xinjiang region is reportedly resorting to unproven medicine to curb spre of dely coronavirus. According to Associated Press, a Uighur woman, who was arrested at height China’s COVID-19 outbreak, claimed that she was forced to drink a medicine which me her feel weak and nauseous, while guards watched her gulp it. She reportedly even said that prison officers stripped her and ors naked and hosed m with disinfectants ‘like firemen’. 

As per news ncy, Xinjiang government is using ‘draconian’ measures to combat dely virus, including physically locking residents in homes, imposing quarantines of over 40 days and arresting those who do t comply. While health experts called it a breach of medical ethics, some residents reported that y were being forced to swallow tritional Chinese medicine. experts ted that re is a lack of rigorous clinical data showing that herbal medicine works against virus, which includes ingredients banned in Germany, Switzerland, US and or countries for high-level toxins and carcigens. 

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Xinjiang has been recording new confirmed cases of coronavirus. Even though or regions such as Wuhan and Hubei detected more cases than Xinjiang, residents weren’t forced to take tritional medicine and were generally allowed outdoors within ir compounds for exercise or grocery deliveries. However, in Xinjiang, over 25 million people are reportedly under strict lockdown, which extends hundreds of miles from centre of outbreak in capital, Urumqi.  

Xinjian turned into digital police state 

Xinjiang’s lockdown has reportedly turned region into a digital police state. While Xinjiang authorities have arrested people from ethnic mirities and placed m into various forms of detention, after being released, people have claimed that w y have been locked into ir homes. While speaking to a media outlet, Uighur woman said that once a day community workers force tritional herbal medicine in white unmarked bottles on her, saying she will be detained if she doesn’t drink m. Meanwhile, authorities, on or hand, said that measures taken are for well-being of all residents. 

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Chinese government has struggled to control Xinjiang. Health experts ted that region’s authorities can carry out harsh measures because of its lavishly funded security apparatus. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said that “Xinjiang Automous Region upheld principle of people and life first and guaranteed safety and health of local people of all ethnic groups”. It was also ted that measures are t just for ethnic mirity people, but are also being enforced on China’s majority Han residents in region. 

Since outbreak, Chinese government has pushed for its tritional medicine on its citizens. President Xi Jinping also reportedly vocated a revival of tritional Chinese culture. While some state-backed doctors said y have conducted trials showing medicine works against virus, it was ted that rigorous clinical data supporting that claim has been published in international scientific journals.

(Inputs from AP)

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