Henan authorities ‘exposed themselves’ 88.5 million people infected with COVID, nearly 90% of the entire province
Henan officials ‘unfold’ – BBC reported on Jan 9. Mr. Gan Guancheng management staff of Henan province central part of China Almost 90% of the province’s population, about 88.5 million people, are already infected with COVID-19, but did not specify exactly when the infection occurred.
However, the Zero COVID policy, which keeps the infection rate as low as possible, went into effect in early December 2022. Therefore, many people expected that a serious epidemic would occur in Henan Province in recent weeks.
ภาพประกอบ A nurse shows medication to a family member as elderly patients with COVID symptoms receive intravenous drips while using a ventilator in the emergency department of a hospital in Fuyang, central China’s Anhui province, Jan 4, 2023 Chinese health authorities have refused to include Pfizer’s COVID treatment drug on a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it cheaper across the country, saying it was too expensive. (Chinatopix Via AP)
Mr Gan also said he went to check the situation at a clinic treating patients with severe fever, which had the highest number of infected people on December 19, then numbers gradually. continued to decline
The Henan official’s revelations conflicted with centralized data from the National Health Commission that said China has about 120,000 new cases of COVID-19 out of a population of more than 1.4 billion and about 120,000 new COVID-19 cases since resetting 30 dead.
While local authorities in many areas of China gradually disclose information about COVID-19 infections. This is also different from federal data. The city of Qingdao in Shandong province said more than 500,000 people were infected with COVID-19 a day, but the central government removed the data and said it received a few dozen new cases every day.
ภาพประกอบ: Family members take care of their elderly relatives with COVID symptoms in the emergency department of a hospital in Fuyang, central China’s Anhui province, Jan. 4, 2023. Chinese health authorities have refused to include the drug for Pfizer’s COVID treatment on a national reimbursement list that would allow patients to get it cheaper across the country, saying it was too expensive. (Chinatopix Via AP)
Passengers push their luggage through the international arrivals hall at Beijing Capital International Airport after China lifted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine requirement for inbound travelers in Beijing, China, 8 January 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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