Global cases of covid-19 are climbing sharply again, and China in particular faces a potential disaster if it fails to contain its biggest outbreak since 2020
Health
22 March 2022
A woman purchasing rapid covid-19 test kits in China Long Wei/VCG via Getty Images
Some think the covid-19 pandemic is over – but it most certainly isn’t. On the contrary, around the world, the number of confirmed cases is rising rapidly again. The most concerning situation is in China, where many older people still have no immune protection of any kind and which is currently battling a major outbreak. So why are cases on the rise again, how bad will it be and what could happen next?
The omicron variant that first started spreading in November …
source: newscientist.com