A wave of infections has erupted nationwide since the dismantling of the zero-COVID policy, fueling international concern and prompting some countries to impose curbs on travelers from China.
“After the end of this lockdown, we don’t have to scan the health code any more, nor do we have to check the travel code,” said one of those in the park, Yang, who gave only one name.Also at the lake was Zhong, a 22-year-old college student, who said he had stayed home for two or three weeks after getting infected.
In the central city of Wuhan, where the pandemic began three years ago, people were not as anxious any more, a man surnamed Wu told Reuters. As expectations for holiday travel grow, authorities at Tibet’s spectacular Potala Palace said it would open for visitors from Jan 3, after shutting last August due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Infections in the cities of Beijing, Guanzhou, Shanghai and Chongqing are close to ending, news outlet Caixin said on Sunday, January 1, citing researchers. But Monday’s single new COVID death – flat from the previous day – among China’s population of 1.4 billion does not match the experience of other countries after they reopened.
Airfinity, which is based in Britain, expects China’s COVID cases to reach their first peak on January 13, with 3.7 million daily infections.
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