A hospital in Shanghai has announced to medical staff that there would be a “tragic battle” due to the raging COVID-19 in China. It is estimated that half of the city’s 25 million population will be infected with the Corona virus by the end of the year, while the spread of the virus across China is now unchecked.
The surge of COVID-19 in China is now alleged to be triggered by the easing of strict rules called “Zero-COVID”. The regulation was revoked due to great public outcry, because the policy was considered too harsh and caused many victims financially and psychologically.
Previously, the number of COVID-19 patient deaths in China since the start of the pandemic in 2020 had been recorded at just 5,241 cases. Then on Tuesday (20/12), China reported only 5 cases of COVID-19 patient deaths. Indeed, there have been reports that Beijing’s crematoria are now filled with the bodies of dozens of COVID-19 patients who are “in line” to be cremated.
Through a post on the official WeChat account on Wednesday (12/22), Shanghai Deji Hospital said that there will be about 5.43 million people positive for COVID-19 in the city, and also 12.5 million people in the main mall of China will be infected by the end of the year.
“This year’s Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year are bound to be unsafe,” the hospital said, as quoted by Channel News Asia on Thursday (22/12).
“In this tragic battle, the entire Shanghai area will fall and hit all hospital staff! We will infect the whole family! All our patients will be infected! We have no choice and we cannot escape,” he added.
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said his party needed more detailed information on the severity of the disease, hospital admissions and intensive care unit requirements for COVID-19 patients. 19 in China. However, now his party is forced to collect and access data in China.
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