Beijing, Feb 23 (EFE).- The wave of covid-19 in China “has basically ended”, declared today the head of the response group against the covid of the National Health Commission of China, Liang Wannian.
China “has withstood the impact and challenge of this wave of covid-19,” the official said at a press conference, adding that the population has established “a relatively good immunity barrier” against the disease.
However, the epidemic “has not completely ended,” warned Liang, adding that infections continue to occur “sporadic and localized” in the geography of the Asian country, reports the news portal Sina News.
For his part, the spokesman for the Commission Mi Feng declared that “the virus continues to mutate” and called for “focusing on health protection and prevention against serious conditions.”
Last week, the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CCP) declared that the country had achieved a “decisive victory” against the pandemic since it began to dismantle the ‘zero covid’ policy in late November.
At the end of 2022, China began to relax the strict ‘zero covid’ policy that had been in force for almost three years and which consisted of confinements wherever infections were detected, almost total closure of borders and constant PCR tests on the population.
China registered a total of 83,150 deaths in hospitals related to covid-19 between December 8, when the dismantling of the ‘zero covid’ policy began, and February 9, according to data from the Center for Disease Control in China. China.
The relaxation of the restrictions gave rise to a rapid expansion of the virus throughout the Chinese geography during the months of December and January, months in which scenes of great hospital pressure were recorded and in which some voices questioned the veracity of the figures. offered.
After almost three years of harsh restrictions that ended up crystallizing in protests in various parts of the country, China began to dismantle the ‘zero covid’ strategy at the end of 2022, and on January 8 it reduced from category A – level of maximum danger – to B the management of the disease, thus marking in practice the end of this policy. EFE
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