With nearly 100 million inhabitants, Henan is the Chinese province with the third highest population. According to a representative of the authorities, almost 90 percent of the people living there have contracted the corona virus. However, the peak of the wave of infection has already passed, it is said. A huge Covid-19 wave is currently rolling through the People’s Republic of China.
As Henan health commission director Kan Quancheng reported Monday, 89 percent of the province’s population — about 88.5 million people — are infected with the pathogen SARS-CoV-2. The peak of doctor visits for febrile illnesses was recorded on Dec. 19, Kan said. Since then, however, the number of infections has fallen.
Travel wave will fuel contagion
The authorities expect a new wave of corona around the Chinese New Year on January 22. That’s when millions of Chinese – especially from the big cities to the countryside – set out to celebrate New Year’s Eve with their families. At the start of the strong travel wave, the authorities already counted more than 34 million trips on Saturday.
Health system totally overloaded
A huge corona wave is currently rolling through the People’s Republic of China. According to media reports, the country’s health system and crematoria are completely overwhelmed. An estimated 2.5 million people in China are re-infected every day and 16,600 die every day. According to this, there are already 209,000 dead.
Fear of new virus variants
With such a large outbreak, researchers also fear the emergence of new coronavirus mutations. Numerous countries – such as Austria – are testing the wastewater from aircraft coming from China for new virus variants.
Source: Krone
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