China drops curbs including mandatory testing. Hospitals inundated with Covid cases.
Where: China
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Cities in China are increasing efforts to expand intensive care units and build facilities to cope with the wider spread of Covid.
Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and Wenzhou, among others, have added fever clinics to their available services.
WHO Covid statistics report, “In China, from 3 January 2020 to 4:54pm CET, 20 December 2022, there have been 10,088,555 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 31,378 deaths, reported to WHO. ”
There are fears that new variants may emerge, affecting the rest of the world.
Pandemic control measures in Beijing are still being eased as Covid case numbers are increasing.
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