The number of new infections in China rose to a record high, surpassing the peak set in April, as the government adopted a more targeted epidemic prevention strategy, highlighting the main test of the government’s epidemic prevention policy.
Chinese government data released on Thursday showed 29,754 new cases were confirmed on Wednesday, surpassing the 28,973 recorded in mid-April when the financial city of Shanghai was under a strict two-month lockdown restricting access to food and medical services.
The recent surge in the number of infections comes at a critical time for China, where leaders must decide whether to tolerate the localized spread of the novel coronavirus or reinstate strict lockdown measures to stem the virus’s spread at the expense of the economy.
As the chain of transmission penetrates apartments, office buildings and shopping malls, from Beijing to Chongqing and Guangzhou, all places face varying degrees of scrutiny.
For example, the government of Zhengzhou city in Henan province announced that it would start a five-day “mobility management” on Friday, requiring people not to go out unless necessary, and said that the local epidemic situation is in a peak and fluctuating phase, and there are still many new social cases.
Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, on Wednesday urged the public to cut down on unnecessary travel and not leave Beijing unless necessary. Chaoyang district officials have also asked residents not to leave the community unless necessary.
The Office of the Shenzhen Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters also issued an announcement, announcing that from 0:00 on Thursday, people entering the city traffic stations, take the public transport public and entering public confined spaces must present a 48-hour nucleic acid test negative certificate or same day (within 24 hours) Nucleic acid sampling certificate.
