BEIJING: More than 253,000 Coronavirus cases have been found in China in the past three weeks and the daily average is rising, the government said on Tuesday, adding to pressure on officials who are trying to reduce economic damage by easing controls that confine millions of people to their homes.
The ruling Communist Party promised earlier this month to reduce disruptions from its “zero- COVID” strategy by making controls more flexible. But the latest wave of outbreaks is challenging that, prompting major cities including Beijing to close off populous districts, shut stores and offices and ordered factories to isolate their workforces from outside contact.
That has fuelled fears a downturn in Chinese business activity might hurt already weak global trade.
The past week’s average of 22,200 daily cases is double the previous week’s rate, the official China News Service reported, citing the National Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control.
“Some provinces are facing the most severe and complex situation in the past three years,” a bureau spokesman, Hu Xiang, said at a news conference, according to CNS.
China’s infection numbers are lower than those of the United States and other major countries. But the ruling party is sticking to “zero COVID”, which calls for isolating every case, while other governments are relaxing travel and other controls and trying to live with the virus.
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