China has said the worst of its battle against Covid-19 is behind it ahead of what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days in recent years on Friday, with large movement of people fueling fears of a further rise in infections. Sun Chunlang, who oversees efforts to fight the coronavirus, said late Thursday that the spread of the virus was at a “relatively low” level after health officials said the number of COVID patients in clinics, emergency rooms and critically ill patients had reached its peak. .
This policy shift, following historic protests against the government’s “zero Covid” policy, has unleashed the virus in a country of 1.4 billion people who have been largely immune to it since it first emerged in Wuhan in late 2019. of the year.
