Corona wave in China: Last month it was decided in China to end the “zero infection” policy in the country. This caused many echoes, along with fears that this would lead to many deaths that the country has not experienced in a long time.
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According to a senior medical official in the country, the fears will indeed come true. During the last month, between December 8 and January 12, the number of deaths due to the virus reached about 60 thousand. The official announcement comes after over the last period the Chinese authorities claimed only a few deaths as a result of the virus, which contradicted the views from the various cemeteries in the country, which saw significantly more activity in them than before.
Of the many deaths, over 5,000 people died as a result of respiratory failure, and the rest as a result of a combination of the virus with other diseases, according to the announcement of the local medical authorities.
However, in China they claim that now, the incidence of the virus is on a downward trend. We also noted that most of the patients are elderly. China reopened its borders six days ago, but the World Health Organization warned this week of the risks currently involved in traveling to the eastern country.
At the same time, local officials point out that tourism activity in the country recently returned to about 63% of the pre-Corona period. The head of the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration claimed that this “challenges the ability of the airlines, and that attention must be paid to the risks that arise as a result of the epidemic.”