KOMPAS. com – Beijing, China should face peak of Covid-19 cases serious for the next two weeks.
This was revealed by a respiratory expert in China, amid concerns about possible mutations of the Covid-19.
Reported by Al Jazeerathe easing of restrictions across China coincided with a spike in infections that experts say could accelerate over the winter.
Some projections suggest that China could face more than a million deaths in the next year.
“We need to act quickly and prepare resources for emergency and serious care,” said Wang Guangfa, a respiratory disease expert at Beijing University Hospital.
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Wang said the hospital should expand ICU beds as a priority.
It is estimated that the peak of Covid-19 will probably last until the end of the Chinese Spring Festival, which will fall on January 22, 2023.
He added, Covid-19 cases would then decrease and life would gradually return to normal in late February and early March 2023.
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“Effort Current Covid-19 may be less virulent, but it may not be the same in animals. It may not seem that bad for animals, but the virus can still infect humans at some point, with dire consequences,” Wang said.
Following widespread protests in China in early December 2022, the nation of 1.4 billion people has begun to ease its lockdown.
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Empty shelves are seen in a pharmacy as customers try to find medicines to deal with the wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Beijing on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.Reported by BBCThe World Health Organization (WHO) says hospitals in China appear to be filling up amid fears of a new wave of Covid-19 sweeping the country.
WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan said intensive care units (ICUs) were busy, although officials said the numbers were “relatively low”.
In recent days, hospitals in Beijing and other cities have filled up due to the latest wave of Covid-19 that hit China.
Since 2020, China has imposed tough health restrictions as part of its zero Covid policy.
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However, the government ended most of these measures two weeks ago after historic protests against strict controls.
Since then, the number of cases has soared, fueling fears of high mortality rates among particularly vulnerable parents.
Despite the increase, official data shows that only five people died from Covid-19 on Tuesday (12/20/2022) and two on Monday (12/19/2022).
This prompted WHO emergencies chief Ryan to urge China to provide more information on the latest outbreak of the virus.
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