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Most Chinese may end up with COVID, senior health adviser warns

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In the first half of December, media reports in China were inundated with messages of moderation that hinted at incapacities and insufficiencies where Covid control was concerned. This included a wave of “if not necessary” (非必要) reports. Citizens should not dial 120 emergency hotlines or visit the hospital if not necessary. They should not return home to the countryside, leave the city, go out, scan their health codes, or attempt to do PCR testing, unless absolutely necessary. 

According to reports from Chinese media in early to mid-December, daily emergency calls to 120 in Beijing had rocketed past 30,000, compared to an average of 5,000 per day prior to the policy change. This far exceeded the emergency hotline’s capacity. In Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province, the emergency hotline received an average of 4,600 calls a day from the public in early December, 2.3 times normal levels. As emergency calls rose across the country, a number of areas, including Sichuan’s capital of Chengdu, urged the public not to dial 120 unless urgently necessary. 

Medications to reduce fever and inflammation were in such short supply and in such demand that couriers delivering the medicine to customers were forced to disguise packages out of fear that they might be hijacked.

In the first half of December, media reports in China were inundated with messages of moderation that hinted at incapacities and insufficiencies where Covid control was concerned. This included a wave of “if not necessary” (非必要) reports. Citizens should not dial 120 emergency hotlines or visit the hospital if not necessary. They should not return home to the countryside, leave the city, go out, scan their health codes, or attempt to do PCR testing, unless absolutely necessary.   According to reports from Chinese media in early to mid-December, daily emergency calls to 120 in Beijing had rocketed past 30,000, compared to an average of 5,000 per day prior to the policy change. This far exceeded the emergency hotline’s capacity. In Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province, the emergency hotline received an average of 4,600 calls a day from the public in early December, 2.3 times normal levels. As emergency calls rose across the country, a number of areas, including Sichuan’s capital of Chengdu, urged the public not to dial 120 unless urgently necessary.   Medications to reduce fever and inflammation were in such short supply and in such demand that couriers delivering the medicine to customers were forced to disguise packages out of fear that they might be hijacked.