“China Prepares for New Wave of COVID-19 with Forecast of 65 Million Cases per Week: Zhong Nanshan’s Opinion”

The focus of the epidemic is once again registered in China, which is already taking measures

“When the next pandemic arrives, which it will, we must be prepared to respond decisively, collectively and equitably.”

In China they are clear that the coronavirus is not overdespite the fact that normality has been praying practically all over the world for months, the asian country prepares for a new wave of covid.

Forecasts of the Chinese country suggest that there will be a regrowth of 65 million cases per week by the end of June. The estimate has been provided by the specialist in respiratory diseases Zhong Nanshanwhose opinion is highly respected by the government of the country, and has recounted it at a conference in Guangzhou.

Although the figure has not taken long to scare the world health, frightened by the possibility of a new pandemic; 65 million cases a week would be one of the lowest numbers recorded in China since last Januarywhere the infections were 37 million daily, which would be equivalent to 259 million cases in seven days.

Forecast of a new coronavirus

The culprit behind the return to the health panic has been the omicron XXB variant, who dominates in china. So far, it is the most contagious variant of the coronavirus and experts continue to study how the pathogen that mutates over the months evolves.

According to the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the variant XBB cause more than 80 percent of country’s infections. For this reason, the specialist Zhong Nanshan has affirmed that the health authorities will approve new vaccines created specifically for the new variant.

At a global level, from the World Health Organization, they urge governments to be alert, before the possibility of a new lack of control of infections that would end up causing another pandemic. The general director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesushas called for calm, but with the need to maintain prudence and prevention:

“When the next pandemic comes, which it will, We must be prepared to respond decisively, collectively and equitably.”