Beijing’s anti-epidemic approach ‘works’
People line up to be tested for COVID-19 outside a shopping mall in Beijing on May 5 – Photo: AFP
Number Infected case New infections in Shanghai city decreased slightly, while the number of new infections in Beijing remained stable. According to Bloomberg News, this shows that tough anti-epidemic measures to curb the latest outbreak in the capital Beijing are working so far.
Specifically, Shanghai reported 4,651 new infections on May 4, down from 4,982 cases recorded on May 3. Beijing reported 50 cases on May 4, compared with 51 the day before.
Shanghai authorities have announced they will only lift the blockade order once the number of infections in the community reaches zero – a similar direction to Jilin province in northeastern China, which has begun to relax the blockade order. spread when there are no more infections in the community.
However, it is not known for sure when Shanghai will be able to do that, as the persistently high number of infections suggests that the Omicron variant can break through the strict anti-epidemic barrier. The city is continuing with mass testing, using both rapid PCR and antigen testing.
In Beijing, more than 60 subway stations, accounting for more than 10% of the network here, were closed on May 4. Many of the affected stations are located in the Chaoyang district in eastern Beijing. Dozens of bus routes were also suspended. Meanwhile, the city is stepping up mass testing.
Meanwhile, the city of Zhengzhou – home to more than 12.6 million people in central China’s Henan province – has stopped all group gatherings and asked people in central areas to The center did not leave their housing complex, after the city recorded 9 symptomatic infections and 24 asymptomatic cases on May 3.
In Koreathe number of new infections fell below 50,000 for the second day in a row, as the country lifted the mandatory requirement of wearing face masks outdoors to aim for a return to “normality”.
The number of daily infections in South Korea has been on a downward trend in recent weeks, after peaking at 621,171 cases on March 17.
Specifically, on May 5, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) said the country recorded 42,296 new infections, bringing the total number of infections to 17,438,068. This is down slightly from the 49,064 cases reported on May 4 and much lower than the 57,464 infections reported a week earlier.
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