Beijing (China): China has seen a more than five-fold increase in the number of people suffering from the disease. COVID-19 in hospitals across the country since April. Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ,CDCThe Straits Times reported that data released by the WHO showed it had reached more than 40 per cent of those tested in late May.
China was again hit by a Covid-19 wave in May, with a positive test rate comparable to the peak seen during the pandemic in late 2022, according to government data.
China reported 164 deaths among those who contracted Covid-19 in May. In addition, according to a report published in The Straits Times, 2,777 people contracted severe infections and the number continued to rise during the month.
The Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore.
China CDC COVID-19 data for May confirmed anecdotal evidence of a second wave reported in local and social media. The report comes more than a month after the agency last released its weekly monitoring report in late April.
There have been minor signs of widespread absenteeism in offices and factories. Moreover, the doctors pointed out that most of the ailments are mild.
According to The Straits Times, Dr. Zhong Nanshan, a respected pulmonary disease expert and one of China’s top COVID-19 advisers, predicted the second wave would peak in late June, with possibly more than 65 million cases in a week Will be
In addition, Chinese officials are racing to roll out vaccines to combat the ongoing new wave of the coronavirus, which is expected to peak in June and could infect 65 million people in a week as the virus continues to spread. New XBB variants are being developed to overcome this. The Washington Post reported in May that immunity developed after China’s abrupt departure from its “zero Covid” policy last year.
China was again hit by a Covid-19 wave in May, with a positive test rate comparable to the peak seen during the pandemic in late 2022, according to government data.
China reported 164 deaths among those who contracted Covid-19 in May. In addition, according to a report published in The Straits Times, 2,777 people contracted severe infections and the number continued to rise during the month.
The Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore.
China CDC COVID-19 data for May confirmed anecdotal evidence of a second wave reported in local and social media. The report comes more than a month after the agency last released its weekly monitoring report in late April.
There have been minor signs of widespread absenteeism in offices and factories. Moreover, the doctors pointed out that most of the ailments are mild.
According to The Straits Times, Dr. Zhong Nanshan, a respected pulmonary disease expert and one of China’s top COVID-19 advisers, predicted the second wave would peak in late June, with possibly more than 65 million cases in a week Will be
In addition, Chinese officials are racing to roll out vaccines to combat the ongoing new wave of the coronavirus, which is expected to peak in June and could infect 65 million people in a week as the virus continues to spread. New XBB variants are being developed to overcome this. The Washington Post reported in May that immunity developed after China’s abrupt departure from its “zero Covid” policy last year.