Soaring China Covid cases hikes risk of new variants

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 30, 2022 12:12 am

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 travelers 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 Covid-19 patients on gurneys at Tianjin First Center Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums after Beijing suddenly dismantled its zero-Covid lockdown and testing regime. Noel Celis / AFP

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