Why the Covid-19 Pandemic Isn’t Over and Why China Has Something to Do With It

That the end of the pandemic COVID-19 not yet arrived is a fact, with which many experts agree, although in most parts of the world all anti-contagion measures and a phase of living with the virus began, also thanks to the high percentages of vaccines administered.

However, further distancing the end of the global emergency is the Chinawhere a “potentially devastating wave of infection” is underway, as scientists and consultants at theWorld Health Organization🇧🇷

Projections suggested that the Land of the Dragon may face more than one million dead in 2023 after the abrupt change of course due to the abandonment of the Zero Covid policy, following the unprecedented mass protests in the last 30 years that have occurred in recent weeks.

According to experts, in fact, the Chinese zero-tolerance approach towards the virus has kept the infections Hey deaths relatively low among the population, but a relaxation of the rules has changed the global scenario.

“The question is whether a period when such a significant part of the world is actually entering its pandemic can be defined as post-pandemic. second wave”said the Dutch virologist Marion Koopmans, WHO consultant, adding: “It is clear that we are in a very different phase of the pandemic, but in my opinion the current wave in China is a kind of clown🇧🇷

Just last September, the head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said “the end is near” for the pandemic, and also last week told reporters in Geneva that he was “confident” of the end of the emergency in 2023🇧🇷 But that was before news of hospitals nearly collapsing and doctors forced to work even as positives due to staff shortages arrived from China.

In addition to the risks for China, some experts have warned that allowing the virus to spread could also give it a chance to spread. changepotentially creating a new dangerous variant🇧🇷

A situation, therefore, worrying to the point that the States United declared that they are ready to help China, warning that a uncontrolled propagation could have implications for the world economy.

“We also see that what happens in China has implications for the global economy. We also know that whenever the virus is spreading uncontrollably everywhere, it has the potential for variants to emerge,” explained the Secretary of State. Ned Price.