CAUGHT IN ITS 'VIRUS WEB'

IS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT LOSING CONTROL OVER COVID-19 MANAGEMENT AS THE CASES CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE COUNTRY? EPIDEMIOLOGISTS PREDICT AT LEAST THREE WAVES OF THE VIRUS WOULD HIT THE COUNTRY DURING WINTER

It is certain that the Chinese Government was “underprepared” as it decided to end its zero-COVID policy abruptly after people held protests across the country.

The Chinese Government has so far remained silent on the number of deaths. However, the Chinese authorities have warned of successive waves of COVID infections in the coming months, as cases continue to increase after the lifting of restrictions earlier this month. Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said “the current outbreak would peak this winter and run in three waves for about three months.” Wu Zunyou made the remarks at a press conference in Beijing.

According to Wu, ”the first wave would run from now until mid-January. A second wave would likely follow soon after, triggered by the mass travel of hundreds of millions of people across the country for the Lunar New Year starting on January 21.”