People raced to travel websites the next day after China stated on Monday that it would be ending the requirement for foreign travelers to undergo COVID-19 quarantine. Due to COVID-19 limitations, the nation has been cut off from the outside world for three years. This occurs at a time when infections are rising quickly across the nation and the zero-Covid policy has been abandoned.
The country has experienced just one COVID death in the seven days prior to Monday
China announced on Monday that beginning on January 8 there will no longer be a requirement for arriving travelers to undergo quarantine. People recently organized large-scale rallies against President Xi Jinping and the severe Covid controls, which led to an easing of the COVID policy.
Authorities claim that because the outbreak is “difficult” to trace and cases have exploded statewide, the much-maligned official case tally has been abandoned. According to official records, China has experienced just one COVID death in the seven days prior to Monday. Experts worry that the government data is inaccurate and at odds with what happened when much less populous nations reopened.
China will have at least one million COVID fatalities in the upcoming year
Doctors report that hospitals are overburdened with five to six times as many patients as normal, the majority of whom are elderly. International health specialists put the number of daily infections at millions and say China will have at least one million COVID fatalities in the upcoming year.
People are ecstatic that the limitations have been lifted, despite COVID spreading over the nation. According to data from the travel site Ctrip, searches for well-known foreign locations increased tenfold within 30 minutes of the news. According to Ctrip, the most popular destinations were Macau, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, and South Korea.
Data from another platform, Qunar, revealed that searches for overseas flights increased seven-fold within 15 minutes of the news, with Thailand, Japan, and South Korea topping the list. According to the health administration, the virus has gotten less virulent, thus China is likewise lowering its management of it from the existing top-level Category A starting on January 8. Authorities won’t be required to lock down areas, confine patients, and isolate their immediate family members as a result of the shift.