Ft, ‘250 milioni di cinesi hanno preso il Covid in 20 giorni’

epa10376995 A woman sits in a makeshift fever clinic in front of the hospital, in Shanghai, China, 23 December 2022. Hospitals in China struggle to cope due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Since the abrupt lifting of domestic COVID-19 restrictions, cases have rocketed in China, causing businesses to close because employees are sick, schools are shifting to online classes, and pharmacies are struggling with the high demand. On 21 December, Shanghai Deji Hospital’s official WeChat account published a post with an estimated 5.43 million positive cases in the city and predicted that 12.5 million could get infected by the end of the year. The day after, the post was no longer available. EPA/ALEX PLAVEVSKI