Washington/Beijing: US’s leading website ‘Bloomberg’ has reported that as many as 37 million Covid patients have been found in China in one day. The US-based website made the sensational claim reporting such a large number of corona patients were found in China on Tuesday, December 20. Bloomberg stated that it published the statistics based on the discussion held at China’s National Health Commission meeting. At the same time, the National Health Commission estimated that 18 per cent of China’s population was infected with Coronavirus in the first 20 days of December, as per the report.  

In the last few days, the outbreak of Corona in China has wreaked havoc. China and international think tanks have published sensational claims and predictions regarding it. In a report published by the US Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) last week, it was warned that the number of Covid patients in the country would explode after the relaxation of the ‘Zero Covid Policy’ and nearly 1 million people may die in 2023. Earlier, a UK-based think tank had warned that 1.3 to 2.1 million citizens in China would die if the corona restrictions were relaxed. Chinese researchers have estimated that 1.5 million people may die if the ‘Zero Covid Policy’ is completely relaxed.   

Along with the World Health Organization (WHO), the US, Europe and other leading countries have also expressed serious concern over the rising rate of corona infection in China. The US Department of State had recently expressed fear that if China’s economy comes to a standstill again due to the outbreak of Corona, it will have major consequences at the global level. The news published by ‘Bloomberg’ against this background is sensational. As ‘Bloomberg’ cited the meeting of China’s ‘National Health Commission’ in its report, this matter has assumed much significance. The US website said China’s “National Health Commission” meeting was held on Wednesday. At the meeting, they stated that on December 20, nearly 37 million patients were found in China. At the meeting, such a large number of patients were reported to have been found in one day, making it a record number worldwide. No country has seen such a large number of patients in 24 hours, even during the peak Covid period.  

In this meeting, the explosion of Covid-19 in China in December has also been mentioned. In the first 20 days of December, the ‘National Health Commission’ estimated that as many as 248 million people in China were infected with Covid. This number is equivalent to nearly 18 per cent of the total population of China. Moreover, at a meeting of Chinese authorities, over 50 per cent of citizens in the capital, Beijing and Sichuan Province, were said to have been infected with Covid-19. 

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