The critical situation regarding Covid continues in China. The strict Covid rules have been lifted there recently. Experts believe that if China relaxes strict Covid regulations at this rate, the death toll from Covid-19 is likely to exceed one million by the end of 2023. Figures of an American organization make such a claim.
According to the American organization ‘Health Metrics and Evolution’, by April 1, 2023, 322,000 people may die from Kovid alone. Statistics say that at that time the number of Kovid patients in China may increase. Only then can the ‘peak’ of Covid happen. IHME director Christopher Murray says nobody would have thought they would be stuck with a zero-Covid policy for so long. Significantly, due to China’s anti-Covid policy, some strict Covid laws have been relaxed in China recently. Earlier, the protest against Covid-lockdown was at its peak in the country. Beijing has just witnessed a storm of protests the likes of which China has not seen in decades. Then the strict policy of Kovid was relaxed in China, ever since the Kovid rules were relaxed, since then the cases of Kovid have started increasing in China. And looking at the speed of infection, it is believed that 1.4 billion people in China may fall prey to Covid next year.
However, after the lifting of COVID restrictions in China, no death due to COVID was reported in the country till 3 December. According to ‘Health Metrics and Evolution’, the spread of the Omicron variant in China has undermined the country’s zero-covid policy. In no way has this COVID policy stopped the spread of Omicron in China. Also, the data from ‘Health Metrics and Evolution’ has thrown light on the data on vaccination rates. According to the report, the Chinese government has taken the initiative to give booster dose of Kovid vaccine, but there is a dispute among the public regarding this. Because many people are not ready to take vaccines made on foreign soil. In such a situation, the Chinese government is in trouble regarding policy making.