Beijing. According to a study by Peking University, by January 11, about 900 million people in China have been infected with the corona virus. This information has been given in the media report. According to the BBC report, the report estimates that 64 percent of the country’s population has the virus. Gansu province tops the rank, where 91 per cent people have been reported to be infected, followed by Yunnan (84 per cent) and Qinghai (80 per cent).
A top Chinese epidemiologist also warned that cases in rural China would increase during the new year. Zeng Guang, former head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, said that the peak of the Kovid wave in China is expected to last for two to three months. Millions of Chinese are traveling to their hometowns ahead of the Lunar New Year for the first time since the pandemic began. After leaving Zero Kovid, China has stopped giving daily Kovid figures.
Crowd of corona patients in hospitals of big cities
But hospitals in big cities (where health facilities are better and more easily accessible) are overcrowded with Covid patients as the virus spreads across the country, BBC reports. At an event earlier this month, in remarks reported by the Caixin news outlet, Geng said it was ‘time to focus on rural areas’. He said that many elderly, sick and disabled in rural areas are already being left behind in terms of Covid treatment.
About 90 percent of the population is infected in Henan province
China’s central Henan province is the only province that has given details of the infection rate. Earlier this month a health official there said nearly 90 per cent of the population had Covid, with similar rates seen in urban and rural areas. Although government officials say that many provinces and cities have crossed the peak of infection.
The BBC reported that the Lunar New Year holidays in China, which officially begin on January 21, are among the world’s biggest annual migrations. In total about two billion trips are expected and millions have already traveled.
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Tags: China, Coronavirus
FIRST PUBLISHED : January 14, 2023, 05:30 IST
