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Xi Jinping’s New Year’s Message to China Amid Covid Case Explosion

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Beijing:President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that “the glimmer of hope is right in front of us” as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after Three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Beijing this month began abandoning a strict containment policy known as “Zero Covid.”

Since then, Chinese hospitals have plagued by floods of patients, mostly elderly patients, crematoriums have overwhelmed, and many pharmacies
“Prevention and control of the epidemic is entering a new phase…Everyone is determined and there is a glimmer of hope in front of us,” Xi said in his New Year’s televised address. rice field.
 
It’s the second time a Chinese president has commented on the outbreak this week. On Monday, he called for measures to “effectively protect people’s lives.”

China on Saturday reported more than 7,000 new Covid-related infections and one death among a population of 1.4 billion, but the numbers seem to have not caught up with the reality on the ground.

Authorities have announced that they will end mandatory quarantines on arrival for travelers entering China from January 8, allowing Chinese nationals to travel abroad after three years of frustration.

World Health Organization (WHO): 
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the precautionary measures taken by some states were “understandable” given the lack of information about the outbreak from Beijing.

“Without comprehensive information from China, it’s understandable that countries around the world are acting in ways they believe they can protect their own people,” he said.

But the European arm of the International Airports Council, which represents more than 500 airports in 55 European countries, condemned the new Covid restrictions on Saturday.“

These unilateral measures run contrary to all experience and evidence gathered over the past three years,” the statement said.” Imposing other restrictions on travelers from this country is neither scientifically justified nor risk-based.”

European countries are set to meet next week to discuss a joint response to the issue, and the next president of the EU Council, Sweden, said: I am doing,” he said. The WHO said Friday night it had met with Chinese officials to discuss the outbreak. In a statement, the United Nations Health Organization said: “WHO reiterated its call for regular exchange of specific real-time data on the epidemiological situation, including further genetic sequencing data, hospitalizations, admissions to intensive care units and deaths. Includes data on the effects of diseases including; It also asked for data on immunization of vulnerable populations, particularly those

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Beijing says Covid statistics have transparent since the pandemic began. Since 2020, its zero Covid policy, with mass testing, strict movement surveillance and quarantine orders, has protected the majority of the Chinese population. But this strategy has isolated the country from the rest of the world and dealt a severe blow to the world’s second largest economy.

The draconian measures sparked nationwide protests last month in an unusual demonstration against the ruling Communist Party.