The suspension of restrictions due to covid-19 in China caused an increase in infections and deaths from the disease in December, something that health authorities refused to openly acknowledge.
However, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He admitted on Tuesday the problems caused by the return to normality post-covid.
“The time required to reach the epidemic peak and return to normality was relatively fast. In a certain way, it exceeded our forecasts”, acknowledged the leader at the Davos Forum.
Three days ago, China announced the death of 60,000 people from the virus in just over a month, since strict anti-covid limitations were lifted.
Previously, the number of deaths was inexplicably low, as the figures only recorded those who died of virus-related respiratory failure, meaning that a large number of deaths of infected people were left out of the classification.
“The transition as a whole was smooth and smooth,” He said, responding to criticism of Beijing’s lack of transparency and videos showing Chinese hospitals overwhelmed by sudden influx of patients.
“Recently, production and life globally returned to normal. The food industry, tourism and other consumer sectors began to recover their normal course”, He stated, who also mentioned that “the main difficulty at this time has to do with the elderly”, although “the availability of hospitals, beds, doctors, nurses and treatments”.
China’s new health policy for travelers no longer requires a mandatory quarantine, but a negative test carried out a maximum of 48 hours before.
“We warmly invite our international friends to come to China,” said the Chinese leader. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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