Bloomberg reported 37 million cases of COVID-19 per

day in CHINA Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chinaemphasizedthat the infection situation is under control

Since the beginning of December, a quarter of a billion people in China have fallen ill with covid-19, which is about 18% of the country's population. BLOOMBERG reports this with reference to a closed meeting of the National HEALTH Commission of China.

According to these calculations, most of those infected fell ill with CORONAVIRUS during December, while in one day on December 20, 37 million people became infected with COVID-19. This is the largest surge in COVID-19 infections in China since the start of the pandemic, the agency said.

The largest number of infected people was found in the southern province of Sichuan and the capital region: every second person has COVID-19 there. Bloomberg notes that a sharp surge in cases may be associated with the abolition of Beijing's "zero tolerance" policy for COVID-19.

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China began phasing out its "zero tolerance" policy for COVID-19 in early December, following mass protests in the country. The reason for the rallies was a fire in the city of Urumqi, during which ten people died. According to the South China Morning Post, the building was in a "high-risk" area due to the coronavirus, so leaving could be difficult. City officials denied this.

In particular, from December 7, the country canceled mandatory PCR testing for people whose work is not associated with an increased risk of infection, “high-risk zones” began to be introduced not by territorial-administrative units, but “by buildings, apartments, floors and households ". A vaccination certificate is no longer required to travel within the country or to enter public places, and in case of mild or asymptomatic illness, it is allowed to stay in isolation at home.

On December 23, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said that the situation for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic in China is under control. “Currently, the vaccination rate continues to rise, the treatment capacity continues to increase, the production capacity for medical products continues to expand, and the total supply fully meets the demand. The overall epidemic prevention and control situation in China is predictable and controllable,” the diplomat said.

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Since the beginning of the pandemic in China, 4.3 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and more than 19,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. At the same time, more than 130 thousand new cases were detected in the country over the past week, 273 people died.

China's Ministry of Health reports 3,761 new cases of COVID-19 in mainland China as of December 22, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 393,000.

December 23, 11:00 Moscow time Coronavirus RUSSIA Moscow World +7409 (per day) 21.7 million Infected 0 +57 (per day) 393.3 thousand Died +1698 (per day) 3.3 million Infected 0 +15 ( per day) 47.4 thousand Died +771512 (per day) 655.9 million Infected 0 +2750 (per day) 6.7 million Died Source: JHU, federal and regional headquarters for combating the virus