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Highlights: Some cities say peak of Covid infections was last month "Too early" to say how many infections are severe-Chinese expert China embassy in South Korea suspends short-term visas Chinese state media criticise Pfizer over Paxlovid price Many parts of China are already past their peak of Covid-19 infections, state media
By Yew Lun Tian and Eduardo Baptista
By Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) - Many parts of China are already past their peak of COVID-19 infections, state media reported on Tuesday, with offic...
Covid wave past its peak in many parts of China
Separately in the state-run China Daily, a prominent health official said the percentage of severe cases remained unclear. "It is still too early to conclude the overall percentage of severe and critical COVID patients in China as different types of hospitals report different numbers, Wang Guiqiang, head of Peking University First Hospital's infectious disease department, was quoted as saying.