Wu Chunyu, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said today, Saturday, that the possibility of a new large-scale outbreak of coronavirus in China in the next two to three months is small.
Wu Chunyu said - via the Chinese social networking platform Weibo - that the huge movement of movement during the current Lunar New Year holiday period is likely to spread the epidemic, exacerbating infection in some areas, but a new wave of Covid-19 is not likely in the long term. near.
And an official at the National Health Commission said - last Thursday - that China has passed the peak of Covid-19 infections in fever clinics, emergency rooms and critical cases units.
And China announced that the worst had ended in its battle against the Corona virus, and the day before yesterday, Sun Chunlan, the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister - who oversees efforts to combat the virus - said that the spread of the virus was "relatively low", after health officials said that the number of Corona patients In clinics, emergency rooms and critically ill patients, it has reached its peak.
She added that recently, the pandemic has become "at a relatively low level" in general in the country, noting that the number of critical cases in hospitals is "constantly decreasing," and stressed that the rescue mission is still heavy.
The Chinese celebrate the reception of the Lunar New Year, for the first time after the lifting of the “zero Covid” policy in China, and the lifting of quarantine measures and travel restrictions by the authorities.
Hundreds of millions of Chinese travel across the country on a family reunion holiday after easing anti-Corona restrictions, which put such gatherings on hold, raising fears of new outbreaks in rural areas less equipped to handle large outbreaks.