Chinese will be able to travel abroad in groups againor as of February 6 after almost three years of vetoing these movements within the framework of the national ‘zero COVID’ policy, reports the Shanghai news portal Shine.
According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Asian giant, as of that date, the authorize group travelalthough initially only to twenty countries, among which are popular destinations in the region such as Thailand or Indonesia.
Two Latin American nations also stand out in this first list: Cuba and Argentina.
The virtual travel agency Trip.com revealed that searches for group tours abroad shot up 500 percent immediately after the announcement, made on Friday.
How many deaths from COVID is China reporting a month after easing restrictions?
The National Sanitary Commission of China announced this Saturday a total of 59,938 COVID-related deaths between December 8, when the authorities began to relax the restrictions they maintained against the pandemic, and January 12 of this year.
According to agency officials, the average age of the deceased registered in medical centers was 80.3 years of age, the newspaper reported today. Global Times.
Likewise, 90.1 percent of the deceased were over 65 years old, and more than 90 percent suffered from underlying diseases, according to the Commission.
The agency clarified that it performs PCR tests to classify patient deaths as related to COVID, and that the causes of deaths from the virus were respiratory failure (5,503) or underlying diseases that worsen after developing covid (54,435 ).
The agency also assured this Saturday that serious cases of COVID in the current outbreak spread by the country reached its peak on January 5, about three weeks after the authorities relaxed the ‘zero covid’ policy that they had maintained until then.
That day there were 128,000 serious cases, and that on the 12th fell to 105,000 serious cases, according to commission officials.
