30 million Chinese, or nearly half of the French population, are confined.
The middle empire is facing a violent epidemic resurgence of Covid-19, the worst since the first wave of 2020.
China on Tuesday reported 5,280 cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, more than double the previous day.
This is one of the highest daily tolls since February 2020 and the quarantine of Wuhan (center), the city where the coronavirus was first detected.
“So it will never end?
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In Beijing, relatively preserved with only six cases announced on Tuesday, the inhabitants noticed a reinforcement of the controls of the health passes.
“Prevention measures have worked well so far.
And now it all starts again… So it will never end?
lamented a Pekingese named Yan.
Since the spring of 2020, the Asian giant had managed to largely stem the epidemic by resorting to strict containment measures, but the Omicron strain has given rise in recent months to numerous outbreaks throughout the country.
If the Chinese figures remain modest compared to the balance sheets recorded elsewhere in the world, they are high for the country.
Calls for vaccination
China has officially counted only around 120,000 Covid patients (not counting asymptomatic people) in all and for all since the start of the epidemic, as well as 4,636 deaths.
The last death from the coronavirus officially dates back to the beginning of 2021.
At a press conference, health officials called on older people to get vaccinated, echoing the situation in Hong Kong where many unvaccinated elderly people have succumbed to the epidemic in recent weeks.
In mainland China, only 80% of people over 60 have received two doses, according to these officials.
Economic turbulence
Within days, at least 13 cities were placed under quarantine.
According to an AFP count, nearly 30 million people are now confined to their homes, particularly in the technological metropolis of Shenzhen (south), at the gates of Hong Kong.
These measures have led to the closure of many factories, including those of the Taiwanese giant Foxconn, Apple's main supplier, in the megalopolis of 17 million inhabitants.
These economic disturbances, likely to further affect global supply chains, caused the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to fall by nearly 6%.
Technology stocks are the most penalized.
A sign of economic fragility, the unemployment rate (calculated in China only for urban areas) jumped in the first two months of the year to 5.5%, against 5.1% in December.
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Coronavirus in China: More than 5,000 cases in 24 hours, a new record for the country
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Covid-19: China confines the 17 million inhabitants of the city of Shenzhen
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