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China reported the highest number of daily Covid-19 cases in more than 10 months, official data showed on Friday, due to a severe outbreak in the northeast that has put more than 28 million people under lockdown. A total of 144 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Jan. 14, the National Health Commission said in a statement, up from 138 cases a day earlier and marking the highest daily increase since 202 cases reported on March 1.Total case numbers remain well below what China saw at the height of the outbreak in early 2020, but concerns about a new country-wide wave are growing with a major national holiday a month away and estimates of 296 million railway passenger trips during the Lunar New Year break.The commission said 135 of the new cases were local infections, 90 of which were in Hebei province surrounding Beijing that has been hit hardest in the latest wave. Another 43 cases were reported in northeastern Heilongjiang province, with Guangxi and Shaanxi provinces each reporting one … [Read more...] about China Covid-19 cases surge to over 10-month high; travel discouraged

“Current outbreak management in China involves lockdowns which may make vaccination programmes harder to execute as resources used to enforce lockdowns are not available for vaccination activities,” said Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus | China COVID-19 vaccinations gather momentum as outbreaks spread

As we approach the end of 2020, we know that China's economy will have grown at the slowest annual rate since 1976, caused by the -6.8 percent year-on-year fall in the first quarter, when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its harshest in China. Since then the economy has begun a recovery with 3.2 percent in the second quarter and 4.9 percent in the third quarter. … [Read more...] about 2021 set to be strong year for China’s economy

As the pandemic has been largely controlled in China, many rural people have let their guard down since there were no new cases reported. For instance, some of them have not worn masks for a long time. And the more severe aging in rural areas means that the majority of rural residents are senior citizens who are more vulnerable to the virus, making it more difficult to slow the spread. … [Read more...] about If winter comes, spring cannot be far behind

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