Chinese drugmakers rush to make anti-fever medicines for Covid-19, after President Xi Jinping said he was worried about influx of holiday travellers to rural areas might cause sudden outbreaks
China's chaotic exit from a regime of mass lockdowns, travel restrictions and frequent Covid testing, has also prompted a run on drugs as people fend for themselves against the disease.
As travel ramps up during the busy Lunar New Year holiday season, as many as 36,000 people could die each day from the disease, according to the latest forecasts from UK-based health data firm Airfinity. China said last Saturday that nearly 60,000 people with Covid had died in hospitals between December 8 and January 12 - a roughly ten-fold increase from previous disclosures.
"Our forecast estimates a significant burden on China’s healthcare system for the next fortnight and it is likely that many treatable patients could die due to overcrowded hospitals and lack of care," Airfinity’s analytics director Matt Linley said.
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