Shanghai has been severely hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, forcing it to backtrack towards more stringent containment measures. by the Shanghai Education Administration ordered on Saturday (Dec. 17) for elementary school and secondary schools of all levels to open online lessons Including the closure of kindergartens. and childcare facilities Which is in effect from Monday 19 December onwards
China eases zero COVID policy By announcing 10 measures in early December Gradually phasing out cities and counties to ease measures to control the spread of COVID For Shanghai, the country’s financial center Has lifted the measures of lockdown in 24 high-risk areas in 11 districts.
But trend forecasts from the US Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) suggest that China’s sudden withdrawal from intensive epidemic control Will cause a huge number of people infected or called “Covid Tsunami” and more than 1 million of deaths in 2023
According to IHME’s trend assessment, the “Covid Tsunami” of COVID-19 cases in China will peak in April, with the death toll reaching 322,000.
“One in three people in China will be infected,” said IHME director Christopher Murray.
China’s Health Commission has not released the number of virus deaths since the easing of restrictions. The number of COVID deaths that authorities last announced on December 3 was 5,235.
Source: Reuters/ABC news
-Shanghai is asking schools to hold classes online from December 19
