A long-established local media outlet in the capital, The Beijinger, has done a survey of people in #Beijing, on a series of Wechat groups, about #Covid infections here. So far a whopping 70% of respondents say they’ve been infected. #China
The sample group would include a lot of foreigners living in #Beijing and skew heavily towards Chaoyang and Dongcheng districts, however it would also seem to match other anecdotal evidence. It’s hard to find someone in the city who hasn’t caught #Covid over the last week or so.
Sadly, the incredible speed with which #Covid has ripped though #Beijing (could be more that 10 million infections in a week here) has put older residents/vulnerable groups in danger. This is pretty grim… #China
https://twitter.com/ftchina/status/1603646872371044354
It feels like at least 3 quarters of this city of more that 20 million people have caught #Covid in the last 10 days. For the vast majority, it’ll mean getting it over with quickly and returning to normal life but for unvaccinated, elderly people it’s a dangerous time. #China
Much more effort needed to go into a big vaccination drive (especially for the elderly) before #China got to this stage. It should’ve happened over a year ago. It’s as if officials thought the #ZeroCovid approach might last forever when it was clearly unsustainable.
In #Beijing’s Fengtai district, so many delivery drivers have caught Covid that the local government is asking residents to become drivers, as a way of making up the shortfall. #China
And in other #Beijing delivery driver news…
https://twitter.com/chinarealtime/status/1603700985167314944
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