[北京 １３日 ロイター] – Zeng Guang, a former chief epidemiologist at China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the peak of China’s coronavirus epidemic is expected to last two to three months, with a wave of infections soon spreading to rural areas where medical resources are relatively scarce. the point of view.
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in rural areas is expected to increase sharply during the Lunar New Year holiday, which begins on January 21. More than a third of China’s 1.4 billion people live in areas where infections have peaked, according to state media.
Zeng Guang warned that the worst of the coronavirus outbreak was not over yet, Chinese media outlet Caixin reported on Thursday. “We have been focusing on big cities. Now is the time to focus on rural areas,” he said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) also warned earlier this week about the risks associated with traveling during the holidays.
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