BEIJING, Dec 22 ― A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with Covid-19 as it expects half of the city's 25 million people to get.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the UN agency needs more information on Covid-19 severity in China, particularly regarding hospital and intensive care unit admissions.
The case of the Omicron subvariant BF.7, apparently the strain driving China s current surge of COVID infections, was detected in Odisha on September 30, the official said, details below.
The surge in Covid-19 cases in Chinese cities is currently driven by highly transmissible Omicron strains, mainly BA.5.2 and BF.7. The BF.7 variant of Omicron, which is wreaking havoc in the capital city of Beijing, is stated to be the fastest spreading coronavirus.