China reported 26,824 new local cases for Sunday, nearing the country’s daily pandemic peak in April.
| Students in schools across several Beijing districts prepared for a return for online classes on Monday after officials called for residents in some of its hardest-hit areas to stay home, as COVID-19 cases in China’s capital and nationally ticked higher., from Zhengzhou in central Henan province to Chongqing in the south-west. It reported 26,824 new local cases for Sunday, nearing the country’s daily pandemic peak in April.
Beijing reported 962 new infections, up from 621 a day earlier. Its sprawling Chaoyang district, home to 3.5 million people, urged residents to stay home, with schools going online. “They lasted a week,” said one popular comment on Weibo on Shijiazhuang’s curbs, which was among the most viewed topics on the social media platform.newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party on Monday published another article reiterating the need to catch infections early but to avoid taking a “one-size-fits-all” approach, its eighth such piece since China announced its 20 adjusted measures on November 11.
Experts argue full reopening requires a massive vaccination booster effort and a change in messaging in a country where the disease remains widely feared. Authorities say they plan to build more hospital capacity and fever clinics to screen patients and are formulating a vaccination drive.
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