FT announces Xi Jinping's recognition of the scale of the COVID crisis in China

During the Lunar New Year's celebrations in CHINA, passenger traffic increases dramatically, the FT calls it the largest migration on the planet.The HEAD of China expressed concern about the risk to rural residents in connection with the CORONAVIRUS

China is entering a "new phase" in its response to the spread of the coronavirus, with rural areas of greatest concern, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The FT notes that this is so far the most direct recognition by the head of China of the scale of the covid-19 crisis in the republic .

Xi Jinping in his speech ordered the reintroduction of stricter HEALTH care measures in nursing homes and welfare institutions, given the vulnerability of the elderly to infection, and to prepare for the treatment of severe cases of the disease.

The head of China made this statement on the eve of the New Year according to the lunar calendar, when China is experiencing a sharp increase in passenger traffic throughout the country.

The FT notes that the holiday is actually the largest human migration on the planet. Chinese people will make 2 billion trips to meet relatives in the coming weeks, according to official forecasts. Before the pandemic, about 3 billion trips were made. Experts predict that China is at risk of facing the largest wave of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic.

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In early December 2022, the Chinese authorities lifted severe restrictions under the "zero tolerance" policy for COVID-19 due to mass protests. The abrupt lifting of measures led to a new outbreak of the disease: in December, almost 250 million people in China were infected with COVID-19, BLOOMBERG reported. For a month, by mid-January, about 60 thousand patients died from coronavirus, official statistics reported.

At the same time, the WHO expressed confidence that the Chinese authorities do not provide complete information on the extent of the spread of the infection, in particular with regard to current mortality. Queues lined up for crematoria in the PRC, and a shady business arose in the country to resell places for cremation of relatives for an increased fee.

A group of scientists concluded that nine out of ten residents of Beijing (which has about 21.8 million people) will become ill with coronavirus by the end of January, the corresponding study was published in the medical journal Nature.

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