BEIJING - China said the worst was over in its battle against Covid-19 ahead of what is expected to be the busiest day of travel in years on Friday (Jan 20), a mass movement of people that has fed fears of a further surge in infections. Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, who oversees China's virus response, said that the outbreak was...
People walk with their luggage at a railway station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China, on Jan 16, 2023.BEIJING - China said the worst was over in its battle against Covid-19 ahead of what is expected to be the busiest day of travel in years on Friday , a mass movement of people that has fed fears of a further surge in infections.
Some health experts expect more than one million people will die from the disease in China this year, with British-based health data firm Airfinity forecasting Covid fatalities could hit 36,000 a day next week. Her comments came on the eve of what is expected to be the busiest day of travel across China since the pandemic erupted in late 2019, as millions of city-dwellers travel to home towns for the Lunar New Year holiday that officially begins on Saturday.
Hospitalisations rose by 70per cent on the previous week to 63,307, according to the WHO, citing data submitted by Beijing.But in a news conference on Thursday, health officials said the number of Covid patients reporting to hospital had peaked with more than 40per cent fewer people being treated with critical conditions on Jan 17 compared with a peak on Jan 5.
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