Share this page!

Maybe Scrolly?
Jiang Jiang (JJ) Profile picture
Twitter logo
Jan 7 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
@AlibabaGroup announced a 125 million yuan ($18 million) donation to equip each of #China's more than 600,000 village clinics with two finger-clamp #oximeters, effectively achieving full coverage in rural areas against #COVID, said official account of Alibaba on Weibo🧵1/12
The donation was made under the direction of China's Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Ministry of Industry & Information Technology, & the National Health Commission (NHC), said the account on Saturday. 2/12
The Chinese government issued a general plan on Dec. 30 to strengthen #COVID epidemic prevention & control in #rural areas, said an official in a press conference on Saturday. 3/12
Nie Chunlei, director for primary health at the NHC, emphasized the importance of identifying problems early, with efforts to maintain one-on-one contact for key populations such as the elderly over 65, maternity, children, and people with disabilities, ensuring 4/12
at least 2 contact services per week to identify & dispose of problems in a timely manner...Currently, China has shifted prevention focus to preventing severe cases & deaths. It is also working to improve vaccination, especially among the elderly. The country is working 5/12
to promote study, production and supply of medicines to meet residents' needs said Liang Wannian, head of China's COVID response expert panel under the NHC in a press conference on Friday when briefing foreign diplomats on China's current COVID prevention measures. 6/12
On Saturday, media reported that #JackMa, the founder of @AlibabaGroup & @AntGroup, is giving up controlling rights of Ant Group Co., as the billionaire further retreats from his online empire. 7/12 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Chinese regulators have approved #Alibaba's financial arm @AntGroup to raise 10.5 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) for its consumer finance unit, marking a significant step forward for the revamp of the company's lucrative consumer loan business. 8/12 global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/05/WS…
Chongqing Ant Consumer Finance Co Ltd had gained approval to increase its registered capital to 18.5 billion yuan from 8 billion yuan, the Chongqing Office of the #China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission said in a notice on Dec. 30. 9/12
Jack Ma was spotted socializing in #Bangkok this week, according to @BangkokPostNews. 10/12 bangkokpost.com/business/24773…
For the past 6 months Mr. Ma reportedly has been living in #Japan, making trips to the countryside and some visits to the #US and #Israel, the @FinancialTimes reported in November. 11/12 ft.com/content/2f7c7a…
A "vaccination culture" is emerging among the most vulnerable in China: 12/12 gingerriver.com/p/how-can-chin…

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Jiang Jiang (JJ)

Jiang Jiang (JJ) Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @JiangJiang43

Jiang Jiang (JJ) Profile picture
Jan 9
"Some may believe that lifting #China's #COVID restrictions in June/July of 2023 is the best time & there will be few respiratory illnesses. But protection of active immunity provided by vaccination will have declined by that time in elderly population," said Liang Wannian,🧵1/5 Image
head of the #COVID19 response expert panel under the NHC, in a recent interview in response to why China chose to optimize its COVID policy in #winter. He claimed that a thorough analysis led to the conclusion that the restrictions should be lifted in the winter.2/5 Image
"If we do not change the #COVID policy in the winter, it may (or may not) reduce some of the superimposed effects, but the virus of this disease is now #Omicron, a variant strain with low pathogenicity," Liang said. 3/5
Read 6 tweets
Jiang Jiang (JJ) Profile picture
Jan 8
There is a decline in emergency & critical care peaks in #China's large cities, while small & medium-sized cities & rural areas will soon experience peaks in emergency & critical care, said Jiao Yahui, an official with the National Health Commission in a recent interview. 1/6 Image
There will not necessarily be an increase in #COVID infections during Spring Festival. Still, there may be increase in emergency&serious illnesses in small&medium-sized cities&rural areas, Jiao noted, saying that infection rates have reached a certain level in these regions 2/6 Image
Jiao said that "from the typing of clinical cases of #omicron in #China in 2022, the proportion of pneumonia in the common type of COVID-led illnesses is relatively low, less than 10%, which is about 8%." 3/6 Image
Read 7 tweets
Jiang Jiang (JJ) Profile picture
Dec 21, 2022
#China has 267 million ppl aged over 60. If the vaccination rate rises by 1 percent, 2 million ppl will be shielded against severe #COVID conditions & deaths. But why are some seniors reluctant to get vaccinated & how to protect them from the epidemic?🧵
gingerriver.com/p/how-can-chin…
About 90.37% of people of all age groups have finished three doses of #COVID vaccination in China. However, only 86.6% of the elderly over 60 are fully vaccinated, and for the elderly over 80, the figure is 66.4%, according to Xinhua.1/11
At the grassroots level, the job of vaccinating the elderly often falls onto social workers and grass-root officials in neighborhoods. Some of their strategy is to rely on acquaintances. The village cadres take the lead in mobilizing the people around them to get vaccinated, 2/11
Read 12 tweets
Jiang Jiang (JJ) Profile picture
Dec 20, 2022
China revealed its methodology for calculating the death toll of #COVID in a press conference on Tuesday: Deaths due to pneumonia & respiratory failure caused by COVID which is determined to be the primary cause are classified as deaths due to COVID infection. Deaths caused by /1
other diseases & underlying conditions, such as cardiovascular & cerebrovascular disease & heart attacks, are not classified as deaths due to COVID. /2
With considerable decrease in pathogenicity of #Omicron strain & widespread vaccination, the characteristics of death caused by COVID infection have changed significantly, explained Wang Guiqiang, director of infectious disease department of Peking University First Hospital./3
Read 12 tweets
Jiang Jiang (JJ) Profile picture
Dec 19, 2022
"We can expect a travel boom after the #COVID pandemic in China's tourism industry, but that may have little to do with travel agencies as consumer habits & travel modes have changed," said Zhou Weihong, head of Shanghai Chunqiu Int'l Travel Agency.
gingerriver.com/p/how-pandemic…
China's annual Central Economic Work Conference held in Beijing from Thursday to Friday noted that China's economic performance in 2023 is expected to witness an overall recovery and improvement.
Among many tasks, expanding domestic #demand was highlighted as a priority by the conference in order for it to play a larger role in driving economic growth, & forming new #consumption scenes was mentioned as one of the main work to fully tap the potential of the domestic market
Read 4 tweets
Jiang Jiang (JJ) Profile picture
Dec 19, 2022
The #Beijing municipal government has called for immediate restoration of normal production & living conditions, saying #COVID patients who have recovered from illness & have been released from home isolation can return to work without the need for nucleic acid & antigen testing.
The administration of #Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province in east China, declared that beginning on Dec. 19, 2 million antipyretic tablets will be continually released to the market each day, with a limit of 6 tablets per customer & can be purchased with medical insurance.
In east #China's #Zhejiang Province, the local government punished a number of retailers
which illegally raised the prices of materials related to the COVID epidemic, with the biggest price hike being 600%.
Read 11 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Send Email!

:(