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New COVID-19 Restrictions Imposed by CDC

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By Bethany Shepard

January 1, 2023
2:07 pm
Los Angeles, CA

After a new wave of COVID-19 infections in China, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued on Wednesday additional restrictions for all travelers coming from China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Italy has already begun testing travelers arriving from China, where an alarming 52 percent have tested positive for COVID. Japan and South Korea are also in line to start testing Chinese passengers. Patients can be seen waiting in the hallways of hospitals in China depicted in recent photographs. The increase in COVID-19 instances occurred after China loosened its regulations. As of the 5th of January, passengers departing China will be required to have a negative PCR or Antigen Test to prove that they are not infected with the deadly virus. Travelers must complete the examination within two

Patients can be seen waiting in the hallways of hospitals in China depicted in recent photographs. The increase in COVID-19 instances occurred after China loosened its regulations.

As of the 5th of January, passengers departing China will be required to have a negative PCR or Antigen Test to prove that they are not infected with the deadly virus. Travelers must complete the examination within two days of departure.

According to claims from the Chinese government, 5,000 cases are reported daily in China. According to the analysis, however, these figures are grossly underestimated. Cases may exceed even 1 million each day.

Given the status of China, Dr. Alok Patel told the press that the travel limitations in place are not regrettable but essential. In China, the complete spectrum of COVID-19 variations is little understood.

The Chinese government is not disclosing the exact number of cases, which undermines the credibility of their reporting. The increase in COVID cases in China raises concerns over COVID-19 variations absent from global databases.

Three years ago, China enacted the Zero-COVID Policy, a stringent set of regulations to prevent the virus’s spread. In late November and early December, the number of cases increased dramatically when the government loosened restrictions.

People in China have reported knowing a small number of COVID patients within their social and familial networks. However, due to the easing of COVID limitations, the virus has spread randomly, infecting half of the people they knew.

The Zero-COVID Policy and limits have been in effect for three years. However, the limits proved economically and socially untenable, and the policy generated significant economic harm. The strategy was widely believed to continue for at least a year.

Factories were shuttered, and the cities were sealed off for weeks, if not months. People were becoming increasingly unhappy with the constraints imposed by the lockdown and were making plans to leave. In November, protests began against President Xi and his government.

When the epidemic began in China at the end of 2019, many nations condemned China for its lack of transparency in reporting COVID instances. However, according to China, despite the poor relations between the two countries, the United States and China have excellent coordination in public health problems.

The Omicron form of COVID-19 is far more contagious than the virus that originated in Wuhan in 2019. It is the most infectious COVID-19 variant discovered. In 2019, Wuhan, the genesis of the virus, was sealed off, thereby preventing COVID from spreading to other regions of the country.

This time, the propagation is different, as people in China see the overnight spread of COVID-19. The virus appears to infect the entire nation.