Where to Get Reliable Covid Information

Mina Yan theBeijinger 2022-06-28

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It feels like 2020 all over again, when the world was just learning about Covid and no one was quite certain how it was even spread. There were rumors that you could get Covid from touching a piece of fruit that someone with Covid had previously touched or, even crazier, that you could get Covid from toilet water splashing you when you flushed the toilet if someone else in your building had it.

Most people likely thought those hectic and uncertain days were behind us here in Beijing. But by the evening of Sunday, April 24, rumors of an impending city-wide lockdown, as well as a slew of panic buying videos, were already flooding WeChat groups.

To keep yourself informed and sane through the latest Covid panic, make sure you’re getting your information from reliable sources. True Run Media’s founder, Mike Wester, started the first Safe & Sane WeChat group back in 2020, and since then the Safe & Sane network has been helping the Beijing English-speaking community do just that – stay safe and sane.

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There’s daily information on the latest Covid numbers in Beijing, and you’ll be able to ask Covid-related questions of other members of the group. Just add TBJButler on WeChat and request to be added to one of the Safe & Sane groups.

For the latest information on Covid cases in Beijing, the last WeChat article posted to our sister account, the Beijinger, every day is dedicated to just that. The figures reported in the Beijinger come from the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau and the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China. Follow the Beijinger on WeChat by searching theBeijinger on WeChat official accounts.

This article originally appeared on our sister account, Jingkids International.