Monday, April 4, 2022

China's Covid Crisis Growing

 

Bloomberg: China Covid Crisis Grows With Cases Surging, New Sub-Strains 

(Bloomberg) -- China’s Covid-19 situation is on a knife’s edge, with a lockdown of its financial hub intensified amid a surge in new cases and reports of new sub-strains of the omicron variant emerging as clusters flare nationwide. 

The country, which managed to live much of the pandemic effectively virus free after quashing its initial outbreak in Wuhan, is experiencing its biggest jump in daily infections since that period. 

Shanghai reported 9,006 cases Sunday as the city readies to test all 25 million residents in its latest efforts to weed out infections, amid accounts of un-reported deaths in a nursing home and ongoing food shortages. 

The entire population is now under some form of movement restrictions.  

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China's Covid Crisis Growing  

COVID-19 cases rise in Shanghai with millions under lockdown -- AP  

Shanghai asks entire city to self-test for COVID as frustration grows -- Reuters  

China Finds New Virus Subtype As Daily Cases Exceed 13,000 -- NDTV  

China Finds New Omicron Subtype Near Shanghai as 'Zero-COVID' Plan Falters -- Newsweek  

COVID: China struggles to contain large outbreak -- DW

5 comments:

  1. Shooting in Sacramento on Sunday had more deaths.

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  2. Shooting in Sacramento was gang related.

    Take care of the gangs or reap the whirlwind.

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  3. The CPP must be worried of domestic threats if they are deploying their strategic crowd control weapon.

    This is not good.

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  4. Did y'all see what jimbrown wrote?

    Does it scare ya?

    It should.

    Too many politicians, celebrities or influencers have expressed admiration for the Chinese social credit system and other methods of control.

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