Beijing announced last night that it would no longer require travelers to self-quarantine upon arrival from January 8
China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that a patient succumbed to COVID-19 on Monday, raising the official death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic to 5,242 since it emerged in late 2019 in the giant nation of 1.41 billion people. of residents.
Earlier this month, the “zero COVID” policy, which had been in place since early 2020, came to an abrupt end amid international pressure and China’s biggest protests since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.
This reversal means that SARS-CoV-2 is spreading unchecked in the country.
Still, the death announced today is the first in seven days, raising doubts among experts and citizens about the reliability of public data. The figures announced by the National Health Commission (the Ministry of Health) bear no relation to the experience of states with much smaller populations after deciding to reopen their economies.
Doctors say hospitals are overflowing, treating five to six times as many patients as normal, mostly the elderly. Foreign experts estimate that millions of infections are recorded from the virus on a daily basis and anticipate that deaths will reach, if not exceed, a million by 2023. The authorities seem determined to lift all measures, alarmed by the desperation of citizens due to almost three years of consecutive lockdowns.
In another major move to lift border restrictions that was celebrated by Asian stock markets today, Beijing announced last night that it will no longer require travelers to self-quarantine upon arrival from January 8.
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