Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 19 Dec 2022, 08:25 pm Print
Chongqing Image: Wikimedia Commons
Chongqing: Authorities in the Chinese city of Chongqing have said public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19 can go to work “as normal".
The move is seen as a transformation since the city was witnessing strict COVID-19 restrictions amid infection surge.
âš ï¸THERMONUCLEAR BAD—Hospitals completely overwhelmed in China ever since restrictions dropped. Epidemiologist estimate >60% of 🇨🇳 & 10% of Earth’s population likely infected over next 90 days. Deaths likely in the millions—plural. This is just the start—🧵pic.twitter.com/VAEvF0ALg9
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 19, 2022
China is currently relaxing COVID restrictions for the past several days amid protests.
“Asymptomatic and mildly ill employees of the (Communist Party) and government organizations at all levels, enterprises and institutions can go to work normally after taking protective measures as necessary for their health status and job requirements,” the Chongqing pandemic response office said in a statement published on the municipal government’s website as quoted by CNN.
It added that government agencies would no longer check employees – including police, public school teachers and other workers – for daily negative Covid tests. Instead, authorities will shift the focus of work from preventing infection to health protection and preventing severe disease, it said.
Chongqing is one of China's largest cities with 32 million residents.
- Over 14 million infants remain unvaccinated in 2024: WHO
- New study shows vaccine campaigns cut deaths by nearly 60 per cent
- New study reveals relationship between caffeine consumption and slow cellular ageing
- Every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes, says WHO
- DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’, says UN
