Soaring China Covid cases increase risk of new variants

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 29, 2022 12:46 pm

PARIS: An explosion of Covid-19 cases in China as the country lifts its zero-Covid measures could create a 'potential breeding ground' for new variants to emerge, health experts warn.

China announced this week that incoming travellers would no longer have to quarantine from January 8, the latest major reversal of strict restrictions that have kept the country largely closed off to the world since the start of the pandemic.

This picture shows a Covid-19 patient being treated at Tianjin First Center Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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