Rising COVID Cases, Leave Beijing City, Streets Empty .
CNN reports that Beijing has been hit with a significant
COVID outbreak just one week after the Chinese
government began easing "zero-COVID" restrictions.
CNN reports that Beijing has been hit with a significant
COVID outbreak just one week after the Chinese
government began easing "zero-COVID" restrictions.
According to CNN, the impact of the outbreak can be seen
in empty streets, deserted shopping centers and residents
voluntarily keeping their distance from one another.
Since the country's restrictive rules have been eased,
offices, shops and residential communities have all
reported rising cases and people reluctant to go outside.
The rule change, which came following widespread
protests, significantly rolled back testing requirements
that had dominated daily life in China for over two years.
On December 14, China's National Health
Commission (NHC) gave up on keeping
track of asymptomatic COVID cases. .
It is impossible to accurately
grasp the actual number
of asymptomatic infections, China's National Health Commission (NHC), via CNN.
Authorities reported 2,249 symptomatic
COVID cases nationally, with 20%
of those cases in the capital.
On December 13, China's top official managing COVID said
that there had only been 50 severe or critical cases in
hospitals, most of whom had underlying health conditions.
On December 13, China's top official managing COVID said
that there had only been 50 severe or critical cases in
hospitals, most of whom had underlying health conditions.
At present, the number of newly
infected people in Beijing is increasing
rapidly, but most of them are
asymptomatic and mild cases, Sun Chunlan, China’s top official in
charge of managing COVID, via CNN