INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a
prominent government scientist said on Saturday.The mass movement of people during the ongoing Lunar New Year holiday period may spread the
pandemic, boosting infections in some areas, but a second COVID wave is unlikely in the near term, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the
China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on the Weibo social media platform, Reuters reported.Hundreds of millions of Chinese
are traveling across the country for holiday reunions that had been suspended under recently eased COVID curbs, raising fears of fresh
outbreaks in rural areas less equipped to manage large outbreaks.China has passed the peak of COVID patients in fever clinics, emergency
rooms and with critical conditions, a National Health Commission official said on Thursday.Nearly 60,000 people with COVID had died in
12, roughly a month after China abruptly dismantled its zero-COVID policy, according to government data.But some experts said that figure
probably vastly undercounts the full impact, as it excludes those who die at home, and because many doctors have said they are discouraged
from citing COVID as a cause of death.The post China says COVID outbreak has infected 80% of population first appeared on Ariana News.
