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China 🇨🇳 Hit by New COVID Surge Driven by Omicron XDV and NB.1.8.1 Variants Hospitals Overwhelmed, Beijing Warns of Delayed Response
China 🇨🇳 Hit by New COVID Surge Driven by Omicron XDV and NB.1.8.1 Variants Hospitals Overwhelmed, Beijing Warns of Delayed Response
New COVID-19 infections are rising again across China, driven by Omicron subvariants NB.1.8.1 and XDV.
Viral videos show crowded hospitals and long lines, fueling public concern over a potential new wave.
Viral videos show crowded hospitals and long lines, fueling public concern over a potential new wave.
On May 12, the Chaoyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Beijing confirmed that epidemic activity in the capital is heating up.
While officials have not declared a new public health emergency, local reports and eyewitness accounts suggest a widespread wave of illness is sweeping through communities.
In Baoji, Shaanxi Province, a resident speaking under the pseudonym Xiao Qiang told China Times that many people around him have fallen ill.
A lot of people have caught colds recently. Most of my relatives and friends have fevers,” he said. “It seems that the symptoms are the same as previous epidemics. If you go to see a doctor, they’ll just say it’s a cold, and vice versa.”
He added that recovery is slow, with medications and injections proving largely ineffective. Many rural doctors, he noted, admit privately that the illness resembles past waves of COVID-19, but it's being labeled differently.
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