Crematoriums overburdened, million deaths forecast: China's Covid woes ring alarm bells globally
Epidemiologists are ringing alarm bells as the Covid crisis in China worsens in the wake of the government lifting restrictions.
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Epidemiologists are ringing alarm bells as the Covid crisis in China worsens in the wake of the government lifting restrictions.
New Delhi : In the wake of resurgence of COVID-19 in China, Japan, Korea, Brazil and USA, the Centre has issued a fresh advisory to all the state governments and Union Territories. Issuing a notification on Tuesday, the Union Health Secretary advised the State and UT governments to ‘gear up whole genome sequencing of positive case samples to track (Covid) variants’.
The health expert also said what happens in China doesn’t stay in China. "Wuhan was our lesson 3 years ago. The global fallout of this 2022-2023 wave will not be small," he said.
Moreover, the deaths in mainland China are being hugely underreported.
After the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, China is experiencing a massive surge in coronavirus cases. Hospitals are completely overwhelmed in China, reported E