The country, where the Covid-19 was born and which had successfully controlled the disease, has been facing sporadic epidemic resurgence, especially since the end of October in its northern part
A Chinese city located on the Russian border is offering 100,000 yuan (13,500 euros) as a reward for any information on the origin of a local outbreak of the coronavirus.
China, where Covid-19 was first detected almost two years ago, has largely contained the contagion with the help of radical measures. But the country is facing sporadic epidemic resurgence, especially since the end of October in its northern part. The authorities are reacting firmly to the approach of the Beijing Olympics next February.
The city of Heihe, separated from Russia by the Amur River, has declared a “people’s war” against the virus, after having detected dozens of cases of contamination. Local authorities are particularly concerned about the risk of transmission from Russia.
Such activities must be immediately denounced, hammered Monday the vast municipality of 1.5 million inhabitants. “In order to discover as quickly as possible the source of the contamination and the chain of transmission, it is necessary to wage a popular war of epidemic control and prevention”, explained the municipality.
The number of cases detected in China is out of proportion with the reports announced in many countries. Beijing reported 43 cases in the past 24 hours on Tuesday. But the latest epidemic upsurge has led to the quarantine of millions of inhabitants. In Beijing, residents are invited not to leave the capital unless there is an imperative need.
A prominent virologist ventured to criticize government policy and question the effectiveness of Chinese vaccines. In an interview with Phoenix TV, Guan Yi, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, called on Chinese manufacturers to report their data regularly.
China has so far conditionally approved five vaccines with efficacy rated between 50% and 82%, below the sera manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
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