Testing travellers for COVID-19 at borders was shown to be of little value from early in the pandemic, says this epidemiologist.
I believe the reason cases are exploding now is largely because China continued its zero-COVID strategy for too long after vaccinating its population.
Given few people in China had hybrid immunity when this wave began, some of the protection against severe disease will have been lost.in China lag behind those of younger people. If true, this would also drive up severe disease and deaths, alongside infections.China’s current wave will peak at some point and then decline. But when this peak will occur, and how high it will be, depends onUnited Kingdom-based health data firm Airfinity has estimated that since Dec 1, 2022, there have been 33.
If this trend is followed in China, the country may see high rates of severe disease and deaths continuing after infection rates decline.There’s also some risk associated with increased travel within China around the Chinese New Year, which begins on Jan 22. If infections are still climbing by then, new year travel and celebrations would further boost infection rates and add to pressures on health services. If the peak has already passed, it would have less impact.
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