Rising COVID Cases Leave Beijing City Streets Empty

Rising COVID Cases, Leave Beijing City, Streets Empty .

CNN reports that Beijing has been hit with a significant COVID outbreak just one week after the Chinese government began easing "zero-COVID" restrictions.

CNN reports that Beijing has been hit with a significant COVID outbreak just one week after the Chinese government began easing "zero-COVID" restrictions.

According to CNN, the impact of the outbreak can be seen in empty streets, deserted shopping centers and residents voluntarily keeping their distance from one another.

Since the country's restrictive rules have been eased, offices, shops and residential communities have all reported rising cases and people reluctant to go outside.

The rule change, which came following widespread protests, significantly rolled back testing requirements that had dominated daily life in China for over two years.

On December 14, China's National Health Commission (NHC) gave up on keeping track of asymptomatic COVID cases.

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It is impossible to accurately grasp the actual number of asymptomatic infections, China's National Health Commission (NHC), via CNN.

Authorities reported 2,249 symptomatic COVID cases nationally, with 20% of those cases in the capital.

On December 13, China's top official managing COVID said that there had only been 50 severe or critical cases in hospitals, most of whom had underlying health conditions.

On December 13, China's top official managing COVID said that there had only been 50 severe or critical cases in hospitals, most of whom had underlying health conditions.

At present, the number of newly infected people in Beijing is increasing rapidly, but most of them are asymptomatic and mild cases, Sun Chunlan, China’s top official in charge of managing COVID, via CNN