As the new coronavirus infection spreads rapidly in China, the government of eastern Zhejiang province announced on the 25th that the number of new infections per day exceeded 1 million.
On the other hand, the number of new infected people announced by government agencies is extremely small, and the situation does not reflect the actual situation.
After the Chinese government relaxed the infection control measures for the new coronavirus on the 7th of this month, the infection spread rapidly in various places, and among them, the government of the eastern Zhejiang province exceeded 1 million new infections per day on the 25th. announced that it is
Zhejiang, which has a population of about 65 million and is home to many Japanese companies, said that the number of new infections peaked this year-end and New Year holidays, with up to 2 million new infections per day, according to health officials in the province. I expect it to go up.
On the other hand, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the government agency responsible for the country's infectious disease control, announced that the number of new infections in the country on the 24th was extremely low, at 2,940, of which only 22 were in Zhejiang Province. I am in a situation where it is not reflected.
As the Chinese government has effectively changed its "zero corona" policy, which has thoroughly suppressed infections, it is likely that confusion will continue in the future as to how to grasp the actual situation of infections.