China is currently in the first of an expected three waves of COVID-19 cases this winter, according to the country's chief epidemiologist, Wu Zunyou.
BEIJING, China – Streets in major Chinese cities were eerily quiet on Sunday, December 18, as people stayed home to protect themselves from a surge in COVID-19 cases that hit urban centers from north to south.
As part of the easing of the zero-COVID curbs, mass testing for the virus has ended, casting doubt on whether officially reported case numbers can capture the full scale of the outbreak. China reported some 2,097 new symptomatic COVID infections on December 17. In Chengdu, streets were deserted but food delivery times were improving, said a resident surnamed Zhang, after services began to adapt to the recent surge in cases.
Speaking at a conference in Beijing on Saturday, chief epidemiologist Wu of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said the current outbreak would peak this winter and run in three waves for about three months, according to a state media report of his speech. A third wave of cases would run from late February to mid-March as people returned to work after the holiday, Wu said.
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