‘Oku taupotu ‘i lalo ha fakamatala faka-Tonga
China faces yet another wave of COVID-19 infections that could lead to millions of new cases nationwide.
The grim forecast was revealed by Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory disease specialist, at a medical conference this week in China’s southern city of Guangzhou.
Zhong was reported by Chinese state media saying that China could be approaching 40 million infections per week. By the end of June, the weekly number of infections could surge to 65 million, NBC News reported.
The surge comes about six months after the country dismantled its sprawling infrastructure for dealing with Covid, including harsh lockdowns, mass testing, stifling quarantines and strict mask requirements.
āPeople feel differently about this wave,ā said Qi Zhang, 30, who works at a finance company in the northern city of Tianjin. āThe last time, everyone was terrified, but now they donāt think itās a big deal,ā she told NBC News on Thursday.
According to state media, he told the audience that the wave that started in late April was āanticipated,ā and that his modeling suggested China could be approaching 40 million infections per week. By the end of June, he said, the weekly number of infections will peak at 65 million.
The United States, by comparison, was reporting more than 5 million cases a week at its peak last January. Like the U.S., China stopped providing weekly case updates this month, making it difficult to know the true extent of the current outbreak.
The State Department said the U.S., which imposed a testing requirement on travelers from China in January before lifting it in March, was discussing Chinaās second Covid wave with allies and partners but declined to say whether travel restrictions were under consideration. Spokesperson Matt Miller said the department would monitor the situation in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before updating travel guidelines.
āWe donāt want to see people anywhere, obviously, suffering from Covid-19,ā Miller said Wednesday. The U.S. government remains committed to working with China āon transnational challenges, including on global health matters and maintaining open lines of communication,ā he added.
FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA
Kuo toe fehangahangai āeni āa Siaina mo ha toe Äkenga foāou āo e Koviti-19 āe ala uesia ai ha laui miliona he fonua fakakÄtoa.
Ko e vavalo fakamanavahÄ ko eni ne fakaha ia āe Zhong Nanshan, ko ha taukei makehe āi he mahaki ki he maāamaāa āi he konifelenisi fakametikale he uikeā ni āi he citi ko ia āi he saute āo oSiaina ko Guangzhou.
PehÄ āe Zhong āe aāu ki he kakai āe toko 40 miliona āe uesia heni he uike. āI he fakaāosinga āo Suneā āe aāu āa e pihia fakauike ki he toko 65 miliona.
Ko e matua mai ko eni hili ia ha mahina āe ono hili hono veteki āe he fonua āa e ngaahi āinifalakisÄ ne langa ke tauāiāaki āa e Koviti, kau ai āa e ngaahi loka, tesi fakatokolahi tuāutuāuniāi fefeka, ko e kolonitini mo e tuāutuāuni fefeka ke āai āa e masaki.
Naāa ne fakaha ki he mitia ko e akenga ko āeni ne kamata ia āi he konga ki mui āo āEpeleli pea naāe āosi fai pe āa e āamanaki ki ai pea ko hono motolo kuo faāu ko eni kuo ne fokotuāu mai āe ofi āa kinautolu āe pihia āi Siaina āi he toko 40 miliona he uike. I he uike fakaāosi āo Sune āe aāu āa e phia ki he 65 miliona.
Fakahoa āeni ki āAmelikaā naāe lipooti āa e keisi laka hake āi he toko 5 miliona he uike ko e lahi taha āi Sanuali. Hange pe ko Amelika, naāe taāofi āe he Siaina hano toe fakalamuiaki fakauike āenau ngaahi keisi āi he mahina ni āo faingataāa ai ke āilo āa e tuāunga totonu oku lolotonga āi ai āa e toāumahaki.
Pehe foki mei he State Department naāe hilifaki āe US āa e fiemaāu ke tesi āa e kau folau mei Siaina āi Sanuali ki muāa pea toāo āi Maāasi. Pehe foki mei US naāa nau lolotonga aleaāi mo Siaina āenau akenga hono ua fakataha mo e ngaahi āÄlai mo e ngaahi paatinaaā ka ne āikai tali ha tali ki he fehuāi pe nau toe fakakaukauāi ha loka fakavahaāafonua.
PehÄ pe mei he tipaatimeni oku fai hono monitoa āo e meāa āoku hokoā fakataha mo e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ki muāa hano tuku mai ha talamuiaki fekauāaki mo e kau fefolauāaki.
