BEIJING — The number of Covid-19 patients needing critical care in China’s hospitals has peaked, health authorities said on Thursday (Jan 19), as millions travelled across the country for long-awaited reunions with families, raising fears of fresh outbreaks. There has been widespread scepticism over China’s official Covid-19 data since it abruptly axed anti-virus controls last month that had shielded China’s...
Patients receive IV drip treatment at a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, at a village in Tonglu county, Zhejiang province, China, Jan 9, 2023.BEIJING — The number of Covid-19 patients needing critical care in China’s hospitals has peaked, health authorities said on Thursday , as millions travelled across the country for long-awaited reunions with families, raising fears of fresh outbreaks.
However, that number excludes those who die at home, and some doctors in China have said they are discouraged from putting Covid-19 on death certificates. The fresh data comes after President Xi Jinping expressed concern that rural areas were ill-equipped to deal with a surge in infections as holidays, which officially start on Jan 21, bring throngs of city-dwellers back to their home towns.
“I am most worried about the rural areas and farmers. Medical facilities are relatively weak in rural areas, thus prevention is difficult and the task is arduous,” Mr Xi said, adding that the elderly were a top priority. Pfizer’s Covid-19 anti-viral drug Paxlovid is available in China, but has been very difficult to obtain through official channels, according to media reports and personal accounts. Merck & Co’s antiviral treatment molnupiravir has also been approved for use, but is not yet widely available.
Looking beyond the death toll, there is optimism that China’s reopening will reinvigorate a US$17 trillion economy suffering one of its lowest growth rates in nearly half a century.
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