After China relaxed its anti-epidemic policy, medical chaos in various places continued.

Online videos showed people sitting in cars on IVs outside a hospital in Hanchuan City, Hubei Province, China.

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[Compiled Guan Shuping/Comprehensive Report] After China shifted from the strict "zero-clear" epidemic prevention policy, it is expected that the number of infections will explode as the epidemic prevention is loosened. The government has recently actively promoted the vaccination rate of high-risk groups such as the elderly.

However, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out on the 14th that the number of infections had begun to "explode" long before China loosened its restrictions and "cleared to zero".

After the relaxation, the numbers are more suspicious

Ryan, executive director of WHO's public health emergency program, pointed out at a press conference in Geneva on the 14th that "the explosive increase in the number of cases in China is not due to the lifting of restrictions. The number of cases in China has already begun to increase sharply before the zero-clearing policy was relaxed." "This disease has been spreading in large numbers before, because these control measures were not able to stop the disease (spread)."

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The folks switched to "fever" search index calculation

Since the loosening of the epidemic prevention measures, the authenticity of the number of new cases reported by the Chinese government has been increasingly questioned. The big data platform "City Data Group" published an analysis article, referring to the epidemic situation presented based on the analysis of the "fever" search index on the Internet, and the World Health Organization. The statement matches.

The article pointed out that this wave of epidemics occurred earlier than everyone thought. After the first ten days of November, the relevant indexes in Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and Beijing exceeded the benchmark value by three, four, or even five times at an alarming rate. It’s not hard to imagine how it will be”; as of December 9, there have been two.

400 million people embarked on the road of mass infection.

The focus of epidemic prevention has shifted to medical treatment

The Chinese government has now decided to administer a second dose of additional doses to people over 60 years old and those at high risk. National Health Commission spokesman Mi Feng said on the 15th that the focus of epidemic prevention has now shifted from infection prevention and control to medical treatment, and will strengthen grassroots The establishment of fever clinics in medical and health institutions consolidates the first line of defense for the first diagnosis at the grassroots level.

If China asks, the United States is willing to help

Zhangzhou, Fujian Province has recently released new measures. Starting from the 19th, fishermen will be subject to "two-day centralized quarantine + three-day home quarantine", which will be further relaxed to "○ + three" in January next year.

As for people returning from abroad, including people from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, the Zhangzhou government said that it is "researching".

Hong Kong media interpreted that this move seems to foretell that China will further relax its entry quarantine policy.

White House National Security Council spokesman Kirby said on the 14th that as long as Beijing speaks, the United States is willing to assist China in dealing with the current rising epidemic.

In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on the 15th that China "has institutional advantages" and will definitely be able to successfully overcome the peak of the epidemic.

Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the official media Global Times, tweeted in English, saying that regardless of whether China speaks up or not, as a citizen of Beijing, he welcomes the US government's statement.

Millions of people may die from the epidemic

Reuters pointed out that China may now pay the price for three years of efforts to suppress the virus, the lack of "herd immunity" in the population and the low vaccination rate of the elderly.

According to an analysis report on the 15th by analysts at Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy, "as many as one million people may be infected and die in the next few months."

Other experts previously estimated that the death toll could exceed two million.

The World Health Organization also stated on the 14th that the most dangerous phase of the new crown virus and monkeypox epidemics has ended, and it is hoped that the public health emergency status of these two diseases will come to an end next year.

On the 15th, people in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province queued up at a pharmacy to buy a quick-screening drug.

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A video posted on the Internet showed a group of people in Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, wearing heavy coats, sitting outside a clinic on the 14th to receive an IV.

(Reuters)