
© Stringer/via ReutersWorkers set up beds to convert an exhibition centre into a makeshift hospital, following the COVID-19 outbreak in Changchun, Jilin province, China on March 12, 2022.
Chinese officials on Monday reported 1,437 cases across dozens of cities.
China is facing its worst COVID crisis since early 2020, when the world first witnessed an entire population locked down to contain the coronavirus in Wuhan and its surrounding province.
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wo years on, it's now sending tens of millions of people into lockdown in the entire northeastern province of Jilin, where 24 million people live, and the southern cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan, with 17.5 million and 10 million, respectively.China, the last major country to relentlessly pursue a Covid-zero policy, reported 1,437 cases across dozens of cities on Monday. That's a fourfold jump in a week.
Although record case numbers are testing the resilience of
China's no-tolerance approach, there is no sign the country is willing to pivot to 'living with the virus."
The epicenter of the omicron variant outbreak is the Northeastern Jilin province, where 895 cases were recorded, but there are also outbreaks and containment measures in place Shanghai, the financial powerhouse, and Shenzhen, the southern tech hub.
Comment: The above referenced insurance expert isn't the only individual in that particular industry to notice the excess mortality rate coinciding with the Covid jab...