China welcomes 2022 with the worst week of COVID-19 dominating the virus | Coronavirus pandemic News

China has started 2022 with the highest number of local coronavirus cases, within seven days of the country’s first epidemic in nearly two years, despite being one of the world’s toughest COVID-19 measures.

The National Health Commission on Saturday reported 175 new community-acquired infections with confirmed clinical symptoms as of Dec. 31, bringing the total number of local symptomatic cases in mainland China last week to 1,151.

The rise has been driven mostly by Appearance at the Northwest Industrial and Technological Center in Xi’an, A city of 13 million.

Appearances in Xi’an are likely to be decided firmly by the authorities as cases of speedy transmission decline appear.

The city, which has been blocked for 10 days since Saturday, has reported 1,451 local symptomatic cases since December 9, the highest number in any city in China in 2021.

The state-sponsored publication, China Daily, said the Shaanxi provincial capital is “still fighting a tough fight” against the blast, and that there is still no “turning point” to sustain the spread of the virus.

Liu Guozhong, secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, said that “there must be an urgent feeling in the fight against COVID-19 in the coming days.”

“Xi’an is a crucial destination in the fight against the pandemic, and only when Xi’an’s outbreak is brought under control will we be able to reverse the passive state of the entire province,” Liuk told the China Daily.

Upcoming Winter Olympics

Although the number of cases in China is small, compared to many outbreaks in other parts of the world, it will be important to prevent major explosions in 2022.

Beijing will host the Winter Olympics in February, and the ruling Communist Party will hold a five-year congress, which is expected in the fall, where President Xi Jinping is likely to run for a third term as party secretary.

In a New Year’s speech, Xi said China “will make no effort to present great games to the world.”

The emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant will also encourage Beijing to continue its vigilance against the virus. China has reported a few cases of imported Omicron and at least one case transmitted locally.

Since August, China has tried to control the outbreaks within about two weeks, much shorter than four to five weeks after the initial epidemic of sporadic fighting, according to the National Health Commission.

Cities on China’s borders are at greater risk of viruses due to land transport links or the influx of infected passengers. Some were affected by last year’s Delta outbreaks that caused severe travel restrictions.

Yunnan, which shares a border with Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, reported new symptomatic local cases last year at 92 out of 365 days, or 25 percent of the time, more frequently than any other province, autonomous region or municipality.

Appearance in Xi’an, Which led to cases in other cities including Beijing, could be on a flight from Pakistan, but it was unclear how it spread to local communities.

Many people have been banned from leaving residential compounds, but a city government official said Friday that the fences would be released into less risky compounds when the time is right.

China’s tough epidemic policy has stopped its broad industrial sector from slipping into long stops, with significant export gains weakening as other pillars of growth weaken.

But unforeseen disruptions have shaken consumer sentiment and hit the hospitality, hospitality and tourism sectors.