Amid a surge in coronavirus infections, China is gearing up health facilities. Epidemiologists are ringing alarm bells as the Covid crisis in China worsens in the wake of the government lifting restrictions. Facing Covid surge, China to installing more hospital beds.
China is seeing a spike in Covid cases after the country lifted its stringent Covid-19 measures, sparking concerns across the globe. A top Chinese health official says he believes China is experiencing the first of three expected waves of Covid infections this winter, the BBC reported.
At a time when the surge in Covid cases in China has overwhelmed hospitals, the health authorities are racing to install hospital beds and build fever screening clinics. There are mounting signs the virus is buffeting China’s fragile health system.
Hospitals are completely overwhelmed in China, said Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist. China’s health authorities on Monday announced two Covid deaths — the country’s first reported fatalities in weeks, AP reported. With half of the population in China yet to be vaccinated, there is growing concern about possible deaths, virus mutations and the impact, again, on the economy.
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Beijing reported five Covid-related deaths on Tuesday, following two on Monday, which were the first fatalities reported in weeks.Eric Feigl Ding warned that the current wave of coronavirus in China may likely infect over 60 per cent of the country’s population in the next 90 days, with death toll likely to climb to millions.
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