End of pandemic may finally be in sight in Chinese city where it began
, which has a quarter of China’s population and one of the world’s highest Covid death rates per capita at more than 3,000 per million.
Officials at the same news conference rejected claims that China is not providing genomic sequencing data from its current outbreak and said they would eventually provide more information on Covid fatalities based on analysis of “excess deaths.” While newly vaccinated people in major cities are likely to contract the virus before they are fully protected, Song said, “for some areas it may be possible that vaccination could make some difference.”
“It’s usually the younger, more mobile population that gets infected first,” he said. “Then it goes into nursing homes, and that’s where it does most of its damage.”
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