https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...-hong-kong-chinese-border-reopens-following-3 I suppose the USDCNH chart looks strong, 7% rally.
China? Did we say 7,000 cases? We meant 88.5 million. In just one province. Almost everyone in China's third most populous provice has been infected with COVID https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01...infected-covid-cases-lunar-new-year/101839660 Almost 90 per cent of people in China's third most populous province have been infected with COVID as the country battles an unprecedented surge in cases. Kan Quancheng, director of the health commission for central Henan province, said "as of January 6, 2023, the province's COVID infection rate is 89.0 per cent." With a population of 99.4 million, the figures suggest about 88.5 million people in Henan have been infected. (More at above url)
Satellite images of Chinese crematoriums and funeral homes hint at Covid outbreak’s true toll Social media users have questioned the government’s reporting, pointing to the recent deaths of prominent artists, scientists and academics. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/satellite-images-china-covid-outbreak-rcna65238
The cost of maintaining a zero Covid policy in China was extreme. This article outlines the cost to the government for just a single province for providing "Covid testing, vaccination and a raft of policy enforcement-related expenses. It did not include other medical related spending, including public health expenditure". One Chinese province spent $22 billion on eliminating Covid before policy U-turn https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/econ...l-covid-spending-intl-hnk-intl-hnk/index.html
China Masses Take Covid Fight Into Own Hands as Xi Sits Back Citizens turn to grassroots groups, companies for medical help Government absence weakens confidence in Communist Party https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ke-covid-fight-into-own-hands-as-xi-sits-back Left to fend for herself after China abruptly ended the world’s strictest Covid restrictions, 31-year-old Share Xue and her daughter found themselves with 40C (104F) fevers and an expired bottle of Motrin. “I didn’t think it would be that difficult to get drugs,” she said from the southern city of Guangzhou, recalling how she had expected the government to take charge and give out medicine during her illness last month. With hospitals overwhelmed, she turned to social media instead — and found an app on WeChat facilitating donations to those in need. (More at above url) Alternate url for story - https://www.bqprime.com/amp/world/china-masses-take-covid-fight-into-own-hands-as-xi-sits-back
Here we go again - Covid 2.0. Is it just the flu or something else? Mystery disease outbreak in China overwhelms hospitals in chilling echo of Covid dark days https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14247171/Mystery-virus-China-overwhelms-hospitals.html China is reportedly being ravaged by a mysterious viral outbreak that is overwhelming some hospitals. Videos on social media appear to show hospital units overrun with patients in face masks, and parents holding sick children in long lines in pediatric units. There have also been unverified reports that crematoriums and funeral homes are being overwhelmed. The alarming scenes and lack of official commentary have led some to draw similarities to the early days of the Covid outbreak in China. Local news reports have blamed a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) — which normally causes a mild cold-like illness — for the latest outbreak, though officials have yet to confirm this. The situation is similar to winter 2022/23 when China was hit with a wave of mycoplasma pneumonia cases, a condition dubbed 'white lung', which is also normally mild. That outbreak was blamed on children having low natural immunity due to the effects of China's harsh lockdowns and school closure measures aimed at containing Covid. But official reports from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that regular flu is leading the latest outbreak, with 30 percent of tests coming back positive for influenza and one in seven people hospitalized with a severe respiratory illness testing positive for it. The Chinese government and World Health Organization are yet to address the videos publicly, which are being widely circulated on social media. But the Chinese CDC warned that rates of multiple flu-like illnesses are on the rise. In its latest report, for the week to December 29, data suggested that 7.2 per cent of outpatient visits to local hospitals in northern provinces were due to a flu-like illness. This was up 12 per cent on the previous week, and above the levels for the same week every flu season since 2021. Data for the southern part of the country suggested that 5.7 per cent of outpatient visits were due to flu-like illness. This was up 21 per cent on the previous week, and also above the level's for the same week in 2021 when 4.1 per cent of visits were due to flu-like illness. It was, however, below the levels in 2022 and 2023 (Article has much more text, videos, pictures, and charts.)
Media outlets across the globe are picking up on the disease breakout that is causing widespread deaths and hospitalizations in China. Just like with Covid, the Chinese officials are not being very forthcoming with information about the outbreak. It is not clear yet if it is a virulent H1N1 flu strain, a variant of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) or something different. China ‘overwhelmed’ by mystery new virus outbreak five years on from Covid Parents seen holding sick children amid long queues in paediatric hospital units https://www.standard.co.uk/news/wor...-virus-outbreak-children-deaths-b1202877.html