The report of the current outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic in Shanghai arrived today 87 dead because of COVID-19 despite the lockdown, while the city of Beijing was called to “act without delayAmid rising SARS-CoV-2 cases in the Chinese capital.
China, facing its worst outbreak in recent weeks since the outbreak of the health crisis two years ago, has severely curtailed nearly all of its 25 million-strong financial capital, Shanghai, since early April. infection.
The diocese announced today that in the previous 24 hours 39 patients succumbed due to COVID-19, an unprecedented number.
Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic, which was first identified in central China in late 2019, Beijing has managed – at least according to official data – to keep the death toll below 5,000 and the number of infections around 200,000 in total. These numbers, dramatically lower than those reported internationally, are generally considered very undervalued.
Nevertheless the outbreak attributed to the Omicron variant continues to hit Shanghai, which remain under strict restriction indefinitelyunder conditions in some cases Spartan.
The problem is exacerbated by the fact that immunization rates are relatively lowespecially among the elderly.
The 39 people who died were elderly with underlying diseasesespecially hypertension, clarified the health authorities.
Despite the lockdown, nearly 22,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 have also been reported in the past 24 hours (symptomatic and asymptomatic).
In all, nearly half a million infections have been confirmed in China’s largest urban center since early March.
A thousand kilometers away, the capital Beijing also announced that 22 cases had been confirmed and warned that it would take “urgent” action to stop the spread of the virus. «The situation is very serious, the whole city must take action without delayPang Xinghuo, an official of the capital’s health service, stressed that SARS-CoV-2 may have been spreading in an “invisible way” in recent days.
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