Covid, millions of new positives in China. But the "declared" infections are only two thousand

Alarm in Beijing for a new and dangerous outbreak of Covid-19.

In fact, a boom in infections is being recorded in the Chinese capital, which is emptying streets, offices and shopping centres: the population, in fact, is forced to stay at home because they are ill or as a simple precaution, despite the fact that only a few days ago the government decided to easing anti-virus restrictions under the "zero tolerance" policy, which in recent times has also led to protests in some localities of the People's Republic.

Also in Beijing, a real assault on pharmacies is taking place, which has emptied the shelves of medicines to treat colds and flu leading to nationwide shortages of medicines. And do-it-yourself Covid test kits are also in short supply.

Meanwhile, China's National Health Commission (NHC) has given up on tracking all new cases by announcing it would no longer include asymptomatic infections in its daily tally: "It's impossible to accurately capture the actual number of asymptomatic infections," the NHC said. .

Yesterday, the Health Commission officially announced only 2,291 symptomatic cases across China. But the real positives would instead be millions.

(Unioneonline/lf)