Hopeful New Year’s speech
Xi Jinping speaks well of the chaos of the Chinese crown
As hospitals in China are overcrowded, Chinese head of state Xi Jinping is optimistic in his New Year’s speech. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is calling for more transparency from China.
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If the number of corona diseases in China exploded, the head of state Xi Jinping wants to give hope to the Chinese people in his New Year’s speech.
Despite the current surge of coronavirus in his country, Chinese head of state Xi Jinping (69) spoke optimistically about the fight against the pandemic in his New Year’s speech. “The light of hope is right in front of us,” Xi said in Saturday’s televised address. Prevention and control measures are entering a “new phase”, “everyone is working with determination” in the fight against the virus, he stressed.
China is currently experiencing the highest increase in corona infections in the world. Hospitals and crematoria are overcrowded in many places and many pharmacies are out of antipyretic supplies. In early December Beijing, in a radical about-face, backed down on its strict zero-Covid policy, which had sparked growing resentment among the population. Since then, the corona restrictions have been significantly relaxed.
