Expectations that half of Shanghai’s population will be infected with corona by the end of the year (Getty)
need Hospital in Shanghai of his staff preparing for what he said was a “tragic battle” with COVID-19Half of the city’s 25 million residents are expected to contract the disease by the end of the year, as the virus sweeps through. China Largely unchecked.
After widespread protests and an unrelenting increase in the number of cases, China this month made a sudden shift in its policies and began to back away from its strategy. “Zero Covid”which caused financial losses and great psychological pressure on its 1.4 billion population.
However, the official number of deaths in China since the epidemic began three years ago is 5,241, which is small compared to most other countries.
China reported no new deaths from the coronavirus for the second day in a row from yesterday, Wednesday, December 21, even as funeral workers reported that demand had jumped in the past week, prompting higher fees.
And the authorities, who have tightened the criteria for death rates for Corona, which sparked criticism from many disease experts, confirmed that there were 389,306 cases of apparent symptoms.
Some experts say the official figures have become an unreliable guide, as fewer tests are being conducted across China after restrictions are eased.
The Shanghai Digi Hospital, which was posted on its official WeChat account late Wednesday, estimated that there are about 5.43 million cases in the city, and that 12.5 million in China’s main commercial hub will be infected by the end of the year.
“This year’s Christmas Eve, New Year’s Day and Lunar New Year will be unsafe times,” the hospital said.
He added, “In this tragic battle, all of Greater Shanghai will fall, and all hospital staff will be infected! We will infect all our family members! All of our patients will be infected! We have no choice, no way to escape.”
And he suffered Shanghai residents From the closure that lasted for two months, and ended on the first of June, as many of them lost their sources of income and their ability to obtain basic necessities decreased, and hundreds died, and hundreds of thousands were injured during these two months.
Experts say China could see more than a million deaths from COVID-19 next year, given relatively low vaccination rates among the vulnerable elderly population.
China’s vaccination rate is over 90 percent, but the vaccination rate for adults who received booster doses drops to 57.9 percent, and to 42.3 percent among people aged 80 and over, according to government data.
(Archyde.com)