China's vast countryside in rush to bolster COVID defences

China's vast countryside in rush to bolster COVID-19 defences

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China's sprawling and thinly resourced countryside is racing to beef up medical facilities before hundreds of millions of factory workers return to their families for the Chinese New Year holiday next month from cities where COVID-19 is surging. Having imposed the world's strictest COVID

China's vast countryside in rush to bolster COVID defenses

SHANGHAI/BEIJING -- China's sprawling and thinly resourced countryside is racing to beef up medical facilities before hundreds of millions of factory workers return to their families for the Lunar New Year holiday next month from cities where COVID-19 is surging.

China’s vast countryside in rush to strengthen COVID-19 defenses

China’s sprawling and thinly-resourced countryside was racing to beef up medical facilities amid a surging COVID-19 wave as hundreds of millions of migrant

China's vast countryside in rush to bolster Covid-19 defences

China's sprawling and thinly resourced countryside is racing to beef up medical facilities before hundreds of millions of factory workers return to their families for the Lunar New Year holiday next month from cities where Covid-19 is surging.

China's vast countryside in rush to bolster Covid defences

SHANGHAI, Dec 29 ― China's sprawling and thinly resourced countryside is racing to beef up medical facilities before hundreds of millions of factory workers return to their families for the Lunar New Year holiday next month from cities where Covid-19 is surging. Having imposed the world's strictest Covid regime of lockdowns and relentless testing for three years, China reversed course this month towards living with the virus, leaving its fragile…

China’s vast countryside rushes to bolster COVID-19 defences as millions of workers set to return home

China officially reported one new COVID-19 death for Wednesday, down from three on Tuesday, but foreign governments and many epidemiologists believe the numbers are much higher