Travellers walk with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport on December 27 amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China. Picture: REUTERS/TINGSHU WANG/FILE PHOTOMany parts of China are already past their peak of Covid-19 infections, state media reported on Tuesday, with officials further downplaying the severity of the outbreak despite international concerns about its scale and impact.
The frequent lockdowns, relentless testing and various levels of movement curbs since early 2020 have brought the world’s second-largest economy to one of its slowest growth rates in nearly half a century and caused widespread distress. Kan Quan, director of the office of the Henan provincial epidemic prevention and control, was cited as saying the infection rate in the central province of nearly 100-million was nearly 90% on January 6. The number of patients at clinics in the province reached a peak on December 19, but the number of severe cases was still high, he said, without giving further details.
“It is still too early to conclude the overall percentage of severe and critical Covid patients in China as different types of hospitals report different numbers, Wang Guiqiang, head of Peking University First Hospital’s infectious disease department, was quoted as saying. Though Beijing also demands negative Covid test results from people landing in China, officials have threatened further retaliation against countries imposing travel curbs that inconvenience the reopening of the $17-trillion economy.
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