Covid-19 China Update: Due to the current increase in infection, doctors anticipate that China will have 100 million COVID cases and one million fatalities.
On Saturday, Dr. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, the head of the department of pulmonary medicine at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, stated, “Based on mathematical calculations, we expect close to 100 million COVID cases in China, five million admissions and one million deaths, which is a huge number.”
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China is currently at the same stage as India was earlier
Gupta claimed that although India is now well-versed in combating the virus, China is currently at the same stage as India was earlier.
“We faced the first wave, second wave of a much serious delta variant and the third wave of the Omicron variant which was not that serious but very infectious,” said Gupta.
He claimed that because of China’s severe lockdown policies, its populace had limited immunity.
Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister of Health, declared on Saturday that travellers arriving from five countries, including China, will now be required to do the RT-PCR test.
“The RT-PCR test to be mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. On arrival, if any passenger from these countries is found symptomatic or tests positive for Covid-19 infection, then he/she will be put under quarantine,” according to Health Minister Mandaviya in an interview with ANI.
He added that overseas travellers travelling from these Asian nations would also be required to fill out the Air Suvidha form to certify their current health status.
Mansukh Mandaviya, the union health minister, noted the mounting COVID cases around the world and stated on Friday that the Center and States must cooperate “tandem” and in a “collaborative spirit” as they did during earlier outbreaks.
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Virtual conference with the state’s officials and authorities
Mandaviya stated that the nation must be on high alert and completely ready for COVID management while presiding over a virtual conference on Friday with the state’s health ministers, Principal Secretaries, Additional Chief Secretaries, and Information Commissioners.
The meeting was held to review public health preparedness for containment and management of COVID-19 and the status of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in light of the recent upsurge in cases in some countries, including China, Japan, Brazil, and the United States. Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar and NITI Aayog member V K Paul attended.
In just 20 days after the zero-covid policy was relaxed in the first week of the month, about 250 million people in China may have been impacted by Covid-19, according to Radio Free Asia, citing secret official documents making the rounds on social media.
According to the leaked paper, which was presented during a 20-minute meeting of China’s National Health Commission, 248 million people, or 17.65% of the country’s population, contracted Covid-19 between December 1 and December 20.
According to Radio Free Asia, the number of cases of covid reported by government officials on December 20 was lower than the actual number, which was closer to 37 million.
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