Health principles in densely populated Hong Kong and Singapore have warned that cases COVID-19 They grow, as a renewed wave spreads to Asia.

The spread of the virus in Hong Kong is now “high enough,” said Albert Au, head of the Department of Transport Diseases of the City Health Center. The percentage of samples that come out positively at Covid in Hong Kong has recently reached the highest level.

Serious outbreaks – including deaths – have also reached the highest level, show the elements of the center. At the same time, the growing viral load found in the sewage and medical visits and hospitalizations associated with COVID suggest that the virus is actively spreading in the city with 7 million people.

Singapore is also on alert for Covid. The city-state health ministry has published its first update on infection numbers for almost a year this month, as the estimated number of cases increased by 28% to 14,200 per week by May 3, while daily hospitalization increased by 30%. Singapore now provides cases of cases only when there is a remarkable rise.

Although the increase in outbreak It may be due to factors such as decrease in population immunity, there is no indication that newer variants are more contagious – or cause more serious cases – than during the pandemic, the Singapore health ministry said.

The increase in two of Asia’s largest cities is coming as Covid has increased throughout the Asia region in recent months, with the wave of the most endemic disease swelling magazines. Health authorities called people to renew their vaccinations, reminding people of high -risk to make ‘souvenirs’ vaccines.

Unlike other respiratory pathogens that tend to be more active during the colder months, Covid’s return in the summer shows that the virus can still get a large part of the population even when the weather is warm.

OR ChinaIt also shows that it reaches the climax of last summer at outbreaks, according to data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate of positive Covid test was more than doubled among patients in hospitals across the mainland in five weeks to May 4.