China, the world’s second-largest economy, has struggled to eradicate its worst Covid-19 outbreak in two years with harsh lockdowns and mass testing, maintaining its zero-Covid policy that has hit the economy and morale.
Shanghai, China’s largest city, recorded its first deaths on April 18 despite detecting thousands of cases daily in recent weeks.
China’s National Health Commission said 39 people died in Shanghai of coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total in recent days to 87 in the city, which has recorded nearly 22,000 new coronavirus infections, the AFP news agency reported. The highest number of deaths in one day had occurred on Saturday, with 12.
Meanwhile, Beijing reported 22 new infections, a small number compared to Shanghai but which already sets off the alarms of local authorities.
Beijing health official Pang Xinghuo said on Tuesday that preliminary observations suggest that Covid-19 has “spread invisibly” in Beijing in the past week, affecting “schools, tour groups and many families.”
“The risk of continued hidden transmission is high and the situation is difficult,” Tian Wei, another Beijing municipal official, told reporters.
“The entire city must act immediately,” he added.
Source: Ambito
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