The "New York Times" analyzed that with the arrival of the Spring Festival in China, the epidemic may spread to the countryside due to the wave of returning home, resulting in a large increase in the number of elderly people infected in rural areas.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic in China continues to spread, and the number of people infected with the epidemic has increased significantly.

With the upcoming Spring Festival, China's rural areas may face severe challenges, and the death rate of the elderly may soar.

According to the "New York Times" report, after China relaxed the epidemic prevention restrictions, hospitals and funeral parlors around the country were overcrowded, and there was a serious shortage of respiratory equipment and medicines.

Keith Bradsher, Beijing bureau chief of The New York Times, said that China's vaccinations will come to a standstill in early 2022, and many elderly people have not received the vaccine at all. With the arrival of the Spring Festival, the epidemic may spread to rural areas due to the wave of returning home Leading to a large increase in the number of rural elderly people infected with the disease.

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In 2007, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture surveyed 3,000 rural areas and found that in 90% of the rural areas there were almost only the elderly and children, and most of the young and middle-aged population went to other places to work.

As the Spring Festival returns to their hometowns for the New Year, the number of elderly people in rural areas will surge.

In addition, China's borders are open, and new mutant strains may spread within its borders, and the epidemic will not end quickly with just one wave.

Burroughs said bluntly that China's economic situation in the second half of 2022 is very bad, and overseas demand for Chinese products is shrinking. In order to recover the economy as soon as possible, some regions encourage people to come out to work even if they are infected with the epidemic.

Burroughs once interviewed some Chinese companies, and some companies admitted that more than 80% of their employees were infected with pneumonia.

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