2023-08-25 09:49:51
International news16:492023-08-25
Bloomberg News reports, citing data from the US Medical Journal. China’s strict zero-tolerance measures in December 2022 pushed the excess fatality rate to nearly 1.9, according to a Archyde.com estimate of the damage of the COVID-19 epidemic in China. million people in just 2 months
The figures included adults over 30 who died during December, said the medical journal JAMA Network Open. 2022 – Jan. 2023 only
Earlier, the Chinese government reported the death toll from COVID-19. in various hospitals since the beginning of December 2022 until mid-January 2023 approximately 60,000 cases
The medical journal’s reporting is in line with the predictions of academic researchers and other health groups that have calculated excess mortality rates to occur in China. If the zero COVID policy is suddenly terminated China has ended its tracing measures for the virus. As a result, the death toll after the cancellation of the zero COVID policy is uncertain.
Joseph Unger, senior author of the report and researchers in biostatistics and public health services. of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. But it can quickly control the disease. by taking strict measures for a long time,” he added. “With the vast majority of the Chinese population lacking natural immunity to the virus,
and not being fully or insufficiently vaccinated The sudden spread of the virus has caused serious consequences.”
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the cumulative death toll from COVID-19 Among adults aged 45 and over, it stood at 1.1 million, with the United States reporting the highest number of deaths from COVID-19.
By InfoQuest News Agency (25 Aug. 23)
Tags: China, zero COVID policy, death toll, United States, COVID-19
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