The percentage of people infected with the virus in hospitals April hours increased more than fivefold, and at the end of May, 40 percent of tests were positive – This was revealed from the data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday. It has not seen such a wave of infections since the beginning of January, when the number of infected people in the country jumped due to the sudden lifting of restrictions. At the time, tests confirmed three out of five people were infected.
China in May Of the 2,777 seriously injured, 164 died – This number increased continuously during the month. Meanwhile, the omicron XBB variant has completely bypassed previous versions of the virus. The May data confirmed anecdotal evidence of a second wave both locally and on social media. The natural immunity of the country’s 1.4 billion people declined in the months after the first wave. At first outbreak, 80-90 percent of the population may have been infected bloomberg.
The economic impact of the May rebound appears muted. During Labor Day, the Chinese flooded various tourist spots in the country, bringing the number of domestic flights and the number of spending above the levels before the 2019 epidemic. It seems that few people miss work, and according to doctors, the course of most diseases is mild. According to a recent estimate by Airfinity, a London-based healthcare analytics company In the second wave, 112 million people will be infected in Chinawhich is less than a tenth of the number infected in the first wave.
The recovery trajectory in June remains in question. Zhong Nanshan, a renowned pulmonary expert and one of the country’s top Covid advisors, predicted that the second wave would peak in late June, possibly more than With 65 million cases per week.
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