Corona is once again wreaking havoc in China and it has reached its deadliest phase so far. Corona cases are increasing rapidly as soon as the zero covid policy is removed from the country. Experts are anticipating the death of about one million people due to Corona in China in the coming time. It is being said that in the next 90 days, about 60 percent of China’s population may get corona infected. But amidst all this, the question remains that how did China reach such an explosive state of Corona and where did the mistake happen?
The new wave of Corona in China has become a cause of concern for the whole world. Corona, which started from Wuhan city of China in December 2019, has once again returned in a deadly form. Experts claim that corona cases are doubling in hours. The serious consequences of removing the zero covid policy from the country without any special preparation are being seen.
Zero Kovid policy removed without preparation
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In China, there was strong opposition to the removal of the Zero Covid policy for some time. To pacify these protests, the government suddenly removed the zero covid policy. But this made the situation such that the Omicron variant of Corona started spreading rapidly. Long queues of people can be seen outside hospitals and clinics. Beds are not left vacant for treatment in hospitals. The cemeteries are littered with dead bodies. One has to wait for several days to bury the dead bodies.
Corona spreading from urban to rural areas
The situation in China has become such that the corona is spreading rapidly from the urban areas to the rural population. The reason for this is that people have started moving out as soon as the zero covid policy in China was removed for a long time. People from rural areas are coming to the city for employment and other economic activities and are returning with Corona. In such a situation, the corona has started spreading again even in the rural areas left to some extent from the corona.
The government removed this policy from the country. After this the situation became explosive. According to official figures, a total of 3.80 lakh cases of corona have been registered while in reality this number is said to be more than 19 lakh.
Lack of corona testing facilities
China was not ready to counter this explosive situation of Corona. The pace of mass testing in the country has slowed down a lot. There is no special facility for testing. In such a situation, people are forced to buy corona kit and test it themselves. In such a situation, speculations are being made that the number of cases of corona that have been reported so far, in fact there are many times more patients than that.
low herd immunity
The intention of the government behind China’s zero covid policy was not to allow a single case of corona to happen in the country. But after some recent incidents in China, people have opened a front against this policy in the country. Between Corona, many countries started removing the lockdown in a phased manner. People started coming out of the house for everyday work. But on the contrary, the Chinese government imprisoned people in their homes. Due to this, the preparation of the people of China to deal with Corona is far behind compared to the people of other countries of the world.
Many experts believe that the reason for the increase in corona cases is China’s national policy, in which instead of increasing human immunity, the focus has been on ways to prevent it. A side effect of such a policy is that there is a large number of elderly people in China who have not received booster doses. A large population of the country is bereft of booster dose, among them a large number of elderly people.
Chinese government accused of hiding Corona cases
China has been accused of hiding figures regarding Corona since the beginning. In the year 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) accused China of hiding information related to Corona. There is still an allegation of hiding the figures of Corona cases and deaths in China. But due to the horrifying pictures of China on social media, the situation there is coming in front of the world. In this, now the pressure has increased on the Chinese government to make the corona cases public.
Christmas, Chinese New Year can bring havoc?
The first wave of Corona in China will be seen on Christmas, the second on New Year and the third on Lunar New Year. New Year will be celebrated in China on 22 January. Before this, there will be huge crowd as usual on the traditional Chinese New Year holidays. The situation will be such that the roads and trains will be crowded. In such a situation, experts estimate that this situation can be very fatal for China because during this time a large number of people return to their homes for holidays.
Experts say that China will have to be alert for not one but three waves in the coming times. The first blow will be in winter. Cases may increase further during Christmas and New Year.