A significant surge in coronavirus cases in China has sent shockwaves across the globe.
China now faces a surge in severe COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks, a respiratory expert in the country has said. Hospitals should expand ICU beds as a priority, with COVID peak expected to last until end of January, respiratory expert added.
COVID-19 cases will then fall off and life should gradually return to normal around the end of February and the beginning of March, he said.
The easing of restrictions across China has coincided with a jump in cases experts say will likely gather pace through the winter, with some projections even suggesting China could face more than a million deaths next year, the Reuters reported.
“We must act quickly and prepare fever clinics, emergency and severe treatment resources,” Wang Guangfa, a respiratory expert from Peking University First Hospital, told China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday.
“The current COVID-19 strain may be less virulent, but it may not go the same way on animals. Maybe it seems less severe for animals but at some point, the virus can still jump to humans, with dire consequences,” Wang said.
