BEIJING, Jan 13 — The peak of China’s Covid-19 wave is expected to last two to three months, and will soon swell over the vast countryside where medical resources are...
BEIJING, Jan 13 — The peak of China’s Covid-19 wave is expected to last two to three months, and will soon swell over the vast countryside where medical resources are relatively scarce, a top Chinese epidemiologist has said.
The abrupt dismantling of restrictions has unleashed the virus onto China’s 1.4 billion people, more than a third of whom live in regions where infections are already past their peak, according to state media. He said a large number of people in the countryside, where medical facilities are relatively poor, are being left behind, including the elderly, the sick and the disabled.The UN agency said China was heavily under-reporting deaths from Covid, although it is now providing more information on its outbreak.
The country has not reported Covid fatalities data since Monday. Officials said in December they planned to issue monthly, rather than daily updates, going forward. Beijing, which had shut its borders from the rest of the world for three years and still demands all visitors get tested before their trip, has said it strongly opposes such curbs, which it finds “discriminatory” and “unscientific.”
Many economists remain cautious about the pace of revival following the faster-than-expected reopening.
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