China condemns fresh Covid test requirements by around a dozen countries on passengers travelling abroad from its territory
China is seeing a steep rise in infections after years of harsh zero-Covid restrictions were abruptly loosened last month with little warning or preparation, and hospitals and crematoriums have been quickly overwhelmed.
"Now the spread of the epidemic in Shanghai is very wide, and it may have reached 70 percent of the population, which is 20 to 30 times more than ," he told Dajiangdong Studio, owned by the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.
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