Swift end to Covid-zero restrictions leads to surge in highly contagious variants in population with low natural immunity
Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with Covid-19 on a single day this week, according to estimates from the government’s top health authority, making the country’s outbreak by far the world’s largest.Nearly 37-million people in China may have been infected with Covid-19 on a single day this week, according to estimates from the government’s top health authority, making the country’s outbreak by far the world’s largest.
Beijing’s swift dismantling of Covid-zero restrictions has led to the unfettered spread of highly contagious omicron variants in a population with low natural immunity. More than half the residents of Sichuan province, in China’s southwest, and the capital Beijing have been infected, according to the agency’s estimates.
People in China are now using rapid antigen tests to detect infection, and they do not have to report positive results. Meanwhile, the government has stopped publishing the daily number of asymptomatic cases.
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