China admits COVID-19 situation ‘grim and complex’

Chinese health officials on Tuesday admitted the COVID-19 situation in the country is “grim and complex” amid a dramatic rise in daily cases.“The COVID-19 epidemic situation in China is grim and complex, making it more difficult to prevent and control,” said an official of the National Health Commission.To get more news about coronavirus update china, you can visit shine news official website.

Out of 31 provinces in China, 28 have reported coronavirus cases since the past week.The official, however, said “the affected provinces and cities are dealing with it in an orderly and favorable way; thus, the epidemic overall is still under control.”

The Chinese mainland has reported 15,000 coronavirus cases during this month, the official said.“With an increasing number of positive cases, the difficulty in preventing and controlling the disease is also increased,” the official added.

Earlier, health officials said China on Tuesday reported 5,154 cases, including 1,647 “silent carriers”.The infections has surged significantly for the first time in two years since the pandemic began, when the authorities imposed a strict 77-day lockdown to contain the coronavirus.

The Jilin province in northeastern China, which has a population of more than 21 million people, has been the hardest hit by the latest wave of infections, with 4,067 coronavirus cases reported there alone. The region has been placed under lockdown.

As Jilin faces a “severe and complicated situation,” Zhang Li, deputy chief of the provincial health commission, said the administration will take “emergency unconventional measures” to push for a nucleic test across the province, state-run daily Global Times reported.

Changchun and Jilin cities are undergoing a rapid spread of infection.Several cities, including Shanghai and Shenzhen, have imposed strict lockdowns, forcing local and international manufacturing companies to shut their businesses as part of the measures to contain the virus’ spread.

Authorities in the Jilin province have built five makeshift hospitals in Changchun and Jilin with a capacity of 22,880 beds to manage the COVID-19 patients.To combat COVID-19, around 7,000 soldiers have been mobilized to assist with anti-virus measures, while 1,200 retired soldiers have volunteered to work in quarantine and test sites, according to the report.

Shoppers have returned to the malls of Beijing as the Chinese capital relaxes pandemic restrictions after declaring a small but persistent COVID-19 outbreak effectively under control.
A partial reopening of stores and offices in Beijing on Sunday was welcomed by a weary populace and struggling shopkeepers eager for life to return to normal.
Coupled with a gradual easing of restrictions in Shanghai, it signalled the worst was over in the twin outbreaks in China’s most prominent cities.The lockdowns and other restrictions under China’s “zero-COVID” strategy have increasingly frustrated residents as they see other countries ease up and re-open their borders.
Some have resisted and staged protests at apartment complexes and university dormitories, in an authoritarian country where people think twice about speaking out publicly because of possible repercussions.
Restaurants remain closed in Beijing, except for takeout and delivery, and many people in Shanghai still can only go out with special passes and for a limited time period, even as the number of new cases has plummeted.Officials tend to err on the side of caution under a system that readily punishes them for lax enforcement if outbreaks flare up or come back.
China recorded 293 new cases on Saturday, of which 78 were among people who had arrived from overseas.
Shanghai had the most non-imported cases, with 122, and Beijing had 21. That’s in a population of more than 20 million people in both cities.
Beijing allowed public parks, gyms and cinemas to reopen on Sunday, all at 50 per cent of their capacity.
A portion of the Great Wall in a rural part of Beijing, about 60 kilometres from downtown, reopens to visitors on Monday.