{"id":526754,"date":"2022-12-14T11:53:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T08:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-says-tracking-covid-cases-now-impossible-as-infections-soar\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T11:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T08:53:23","slug":"china-says-tracking-covid-cases-now-impossible-as-infections-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-says-tracking-covid-cases-now-impossible-as-infections-soar\/","title":{"rendered":"#China says tracking COVID cases now &#8216;impossible&#8217; as infections soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b68cee8e5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b68cee8e5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-says-tracking-covid-cases-now-impossible-as-infections-soar\/#%E2%80%9CChina_says_tracking_COVID_cases_now_%E2%80%98impossible_as_infections_soar%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;China says tracking COVID cases now &#8216;impossible&#8217; as infections soar&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChina_says_tracking_COVID_cases_now_%E2%80%98impossible_as_infections_soar%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;China says tracking COVID cases now &#8216;impossible&#8217; as infections soar&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2020\/15-covid.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2020\/15-covid.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2020\/15-covid.jpg\" alt=\"COVID\" title=\"Credit: CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>China&#8217;s top health body said Wednesday the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now &#8220;impossible&#8221; to track, with officials warning cases are rising rapidly in Beijing after the government abruptly abandoned its zero-COVID policy last week.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                After nearly three years of attempting to stamp out the virus, the sudden end of mass testing and quarantines has led to a corresponding drop in officially reported infections, which hit an all-time high only last month.<\/p>\n<p>With testing no longer required for much of the country, China&#8217;s National Health Commission on Wednesday admitted its numbers no longer reflected reality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many asymptomatic people are no longer participating in nucleic acid testing, so it is impossible to accurately grasp the actual number of asymptomatic infected people,&#8221; the NHC said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes after Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said the capital&#8217;s new infections were &#8220;rapidly growing&#8221;, according to state <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese leaders are determined to press ahead with opening up, with Beijing&#8217;s tourism authority saying Tuesday that it would resume tour groups in and out of the capital.<\/p>\n<p>But the country is facing a surge in cases that experts fear it is ill-equipped to manage, with millions of vulnerable elderly still not fully vaccinated and underfunded hospitals lacking the resources to deal with an expected influx of infected patients.<\/p>\n<p>A line of about 50 people stretched out the door of the Puren fever clinic in Beijing on Wednesday, with multiple residents telling AFP they were infected with COVID.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Basically, if we are lining up here, we are all infected. We would not come here if we weren&#8217;t,&#8221; one person waiting in line told AFP. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m here with a senior member of my family, he&#8217;s had a fever for nearly 10 days in a row now, so we are coming to do a checkup on him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Medicine shortage<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Restaurants, shops and parks are now allowed to reopen, but residents are finding the path to living with the virus less than straightforward.  <\/p>\n<p>Many with symptoms have opted to self-medicate at home, while others are staying in to protect themselves from getting infected. <\/p>\n<p>And businesses are struggling as COVID-19 rips through the population and affects their staffing. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, Beijing&#8217;s streets are largely empty. <\/p>\n<p>Residents have complained of sold-out cold medicines and long lines at pharmacies, while Chinese search giant Baidu said that searches for fever-reducing Ibuprofen had risen 430 percent over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Soaring demand for rapid antigen tests and medications has created a black market with astronomical prices, while buyers resort to sourcing the goods from &#8220;dealers&#8221; whose contacts are being passed around WeChat groups.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are cracking down, with market regulators hitting one business in Beijing with a 300,000 yuan ($43,000) fine for selling overpriced test kits, the local Beijing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>And in a sea change for a country where infection with the virus was once taboo and recovered patients faced discrimination, people are taking to social media to show off their test results and give detailed de<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ions of their experience while sick.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When my body temperature went past 37.2 degrees, I began to add some sugar and salt to my lemon water,&#8221; Beijing-based Xiaohongshu social site user &#8220;Nina&#8221; wrote in one account intended as advice for those not yet infected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been resurrected!!&#8221; wrote another account owner in the caption of a photo showing a row of five positive antigen tests and one negative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 China says tracking COVID cases now &#8216;impossible&#8217; as infections soar (2022, December 14)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 14 December 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2022-12-china-tracking-covid-cases-impossible.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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