After the protests that rocked the country in early December, China abandoned its “zero Covid” policy.
Consequently, the Chinese are now preparing for the opening of their borders, while inside, the epidemic is exploding.
For travelers arriving in China, only a screening test within 48 hours will still be required.
Retired doctors and requisitioned students, crowded corridors, nurses forced to work sick: at the end of 2022, the situation of hospitals in China recalls that of European countries at the beginning of 2020, at the very beginning of the pandemic.
Except that with its 1.412 billion inhabitants, a relatively old population, a less developed medical system and a vaccine suspected of being less effective, the context seems to be approaching a catastrophic situation much larger than that experienced by Europe. when the first wave of Covid-19 came to hit her.
Since the lifting of restrictions, Chinese hospitals have been overwhelmed with…
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