The Chinese government is again taking applications for new tourism passports after halting their issuance in early 2020 due to the pandemic.
The Chinese government said it would begin taking applications for new tourism passports in the second week of January, after halting issuance in early 2020 at the start of the COVID pandemic to stop people from traveling in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus.
China has of late experienced the world’s largest explosion of COVID infections, at an estimated million-plus a day, according to minutes released from a December meeting of China’s National Health Commission, as MarketWatch’s Tanner Brown reported.Related: China reports first population drop in decades as birthrates plunge
The news comes as the country braces for the Lunar New Year holiday, which starts Jan. 21. Officials and health experts are worried that the typical travel that takes place as many Chinese people return to their hometowns to visit family will accelerate the surge of cases. The daily average for hospitalizations was down 11% at 41,280. The average for deaths, however, was 537, up 73% from two weeks ago. The Times trackers posited that the spike in deaths had more to do with data anomalies in recent reporting, which tends to become distorted around holiday periods when hospitals and healthcare centers are more thinly staffed.
Coronavirus Update: MarketWatch’s daily roundup has been curating and reporting all the latest developments every weekday since the coronavirus pandemic began• Novavax NVAX said South Korea has approved its protein-based COVID vaccine as a booster for adults aged 18 and older. The company said its partner SK Bioscience has received from the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded manufacturing and marketing approval for adults, regardless of previous vaccine history.
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