Fourth wave of Covid-19 in China, Hong Kong raises alarm bells for India, check more
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With China reporting a surge in coronavirus infections, Dr NK Arora, chairman of India`s Covid-19 Working Group of NTAGI, has said that Indians should not take the disease "for granted" because new variants can occur at all times in
Beijing/New Delhi: The fresh outbreak of Covid-19 cases in mainland China and Hong Kong has triggered concerns about a possible fourth wave hitting India sooner or later. It may be noted that China’s new Covid-19 cases more than doubled on Tuesday from the previous day as it now faces by far its biggest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic.
China’s National Health Commission said that 3,507 new locally spread cases had been identified in the latest 24-hour period, up from 1,337 a day earlier. A fast-spreading variant known as ‘stealth omicron’ is testing China's zero-tolerance strategy, which has previously kept the virus at bay after a deadly initial outbreak in early 2020.
Most of the new cases were in northeast China's Jilin province, where 2,601 were reported. Smaller outbreaks have broken out around the country, including in the major cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
The Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened anti-virus controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the government fights coronavirus outbreaks.
China's new Covid cases are low as compared with other major countries or Hong Kong. But authorities are enforcing a ‘zero tolerance’ strategy that aims to keep the virus out of the country.
