600 millones de infectados por COVID en China según estimaciones. Prohíben entrada a chinos

What is the true scale of the virus wave in China It is estimated that infections have reached 600 million The United States is considering new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 as infections surge in China More and more countries are taking measures from France to Australia 6 meters This is the dangerous distance that Chinese and American military aircraft have come to each other But whose fault is it North Korea celebrates the New Year with missiles and its leader promises to develop a larger nuclear arsenal South Korea responds Will there be a nuclear race on the Korean peninsula And the Chinese ambassador in the United States receives unprecedented prominence in an NBA game But why Welcome to China in Focus My name is Julián Bertone How many Chinese people were infected with COVID-19 For now there is no official count but some experts are developing their own estimates and projections The main health authority in China stopped updating daily infections and the authorities no longer conduct mass testing for the public Two Chinese experts estimate the infection rate in Beijing at around 80% of the population One of them is a high-level scientist from the Chinese CDC The other is a member of China's highest-ranking scientific advisory institution called CAS Outside of Beijing infection rates in many large cities reached 50% of the population It is estimated that they will increase even more according to Chang Wenhong an infectious disease specialist Based on these estimates an article widely circulated in China places the national infection rate at 40% of the population And it estimates that nearly 600 million people in China were infected with the PSG virus the cause of COVID-19 What also coincides with a study conducted by NTD The United States is considering new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 The virus infections continue to ravage China And more and more countries are taking precautions American authorities are considering the possibility of analyzing the wastewater from international airlines The measure would help track possible new virus variants as they emerge in addition to the precautions already taken The CDC said they would require travelers from China to test negative for COVID-19 Performed no more than two days before boarding a flight to the United States An expert in genomics states that analyzing the wastewater from airlines would provide a clearer picture of how the virus is mutating Belgium and Malaysia said they would analyze the wastewater from planes coming from China Meanwhile Canada Australia Israel South Korea and Qatar are also imposing restrictions Travelers from China must test negative for COVID-19 before departing or upon arrival Morocco went a step further and will ban entry to travelers coming from China regardless of their nationality Japan for its part has already started virus detection tests for travelers coming from China On their first day they discovered that 97% of the 92 foreign travelers who tested positive had recently been in China In Europe the UK and France will require travelers from China to test negative for the virus This measure adds to those adopted by Italy and Spain although passengers arriving in Spain can skip the test if they are fully vaccinated Italy urges the European Union to follow its example And they subject travelers from China to virus detection tests for the PSC virus which causes COVID-19 Italy states that if other countries do not strengthen their regulations its own precautions will not be effective Since people can travel freely within the European Union The European Health Agency said that mandatory health controls Travelers from China are and I quote unjustified The countries in the bloc plan to meet this Thursday to agree on a joint response With the rise in COVID-19 cases in China funeral homes appear to be very busy Reports from across China show that they have increased their working hours And some even work seven days a week In Jiangsu province in eastern China A video shows a group of people carrying a coffin to a funeral home at night And already at 8 in the morning on the first day of the new year Multitudes gathered at this funeral home waiting for services for their loved ones The owner of a factory in Hebei province northern China shared other details on Chinese social media He reported that body bags and other funeral products were sold out locally He wrote that funeral homes that used to order 100 or 200 body bags Now they are ordering 2 000 And a funeral home in Wuhan which used to order 300 or 500 body bags He had just called to place an order for 20 000 He added that the flower urns and wreaths had also sold out And that orders will be delayed by several days Likewise he said that coffins are running out A photo circulating on Twitter shows bags containing human remains piled on the ground And a nearby sign tells people to carefully check the labels when collecting the ashes of their loved ones The funeral home did not explain why the remains were not placed in urns Let's now move on to reports on what is happening inside Chinese hospitals This time it involves communications between a hospital employee and their family In voice messages sent to their relatives a medical worker explained that many of the patients Patients who receive treatment at their hospital become reinfected with COVID-19 That is people who have recovered from the virus They were reinfected for the second time while in the hospital Voice messages were uploaded to social media Let me tell you that secondary infection is really serious Now in my hospital many of the hospitalized patients are people with secondary infection None of the television channels are reporting on this He continued by saying that the immune systems of reinfected patients are not functioning as well Moreover he advised his family to wear masks even after recovering from a first COVID-19 infection China reopened parts of its borders to travelers but with a series of restrictions including mandatory quarantine A video shows Chinese citizens facing the police upon returning from abroad Let's take a look at what happened last Thursday Images show returning travelers crowding an international airport in Guangzhou In southern China trying to push open the airport door According to messages shared on Chinese social media The dispute erupted over the application of quarantine procedures upon arrival The regulations require the repatriated individuals to spend five days in a designated quarantine center and then another three days at their personal residence China promised to lift these restrictions on January 8 but an email says that returnees including students and tourists They wanted to avoid quarantines before that date The president of Taiwan offered help to China Although it continues to firmly oppose its aggressions and territorial claims Tsai Ing-wen delivered her traditional New Year's message on Sunday In the presidential office on the island And he said that Taiwan was ready to help China Amid the massive wave of COVID-19 sweeping the country Tsai reiterated her call for dialogue with China referring to the growing tensions between Beijing and Taipei He said that war was not an option for resolving the issues His statements came a day after Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's New Year speech In his speech he only made brief references to Taiwan and he described the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait And quickly as members of the same family But he did not mention China's desire to take control of the island At the request of journalists the president of Taiwan said she noted the more moderate comments made by Xi Jinping Tsai made repeated appeals for peace with China but also stated that Taiwan will defend itself if attacked Shortly after Tsai spoke the Taiwan Ministry of Defense He said that 12 Chinese military aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait in the last 24 hours This water mass serves as a boundary between the two shores New Year's Eve and New Year's Day missiles North Korea entered the year 2023 with a spectacle His leader Kim Jong-un requested new intercontinental ballistic missiles and a larger nuclear arsenal to counter the West This is what we know In the early hours of the first day of the new year North Korea launched a ballistic missile It came after the country had launched three ballistic missiles the day before capping a year in which the nation conducted A record number of missile tests North Korea continued its missile program in 2022 and last year it was able to provide the clearest evidence yet that North Korea sees itself as a permanent nuclear power For years the United Nations Security Council banned Pyongyang from conducting nuclear tests or missile launches But in May China and Russia vetoed a U S -led initiative to impose more sanctions on North Korea North Korea remained busy in 2022 It resumed testing intercontinental ballistic missiles It launched a series of short-range missiles and began preparations to reopen its nuclear test center which had been closed He also successfully launched the new and massive Wang Song-17 missile which is believed to be capable of reaching any point in the United States A former U S diplomat says the possibility of denuclearizing North Korea has practically disappeared The president of South Korea Jung Suk-yellow said his country will respond with clear retaliatory measures If North Korea continues to conduct nuclear and missile tests Greetings from the front page of NTD The place where we seek answers to your questions Where we touch on the topics that matter that impact our lives And we won't just scratch the surface Our mission is for you to deeply understand what is happening in our communities We are here so you don't miss what 's important Watch us on YouTube and EpocTV from The EpocTimes in Spanish Monday to Saturday At 10:30 PM Eastern Time We are waiting for you See you soon South Korea is responding to Pyongyang and its leader who promised to significantly expand the country's nuclear arsenal Now South Korean President Jung Suk-yellow says South Korea and the United States are discussing possible joint nuclear weapons exercises He added that nuclear weapons belong to the United States but the planning and exchange of information The exercises and training will be conducted jointly by the two countries North Korea labeled the south as quote An undeniable enemy in the escalation of cross-border tensions And the south demanded and cited to prepare for war with an overwhelming response capacity After a year marked by a record number of North Korean missile tests and the intrusion of North Korean drones into the south last week the Pentagon said the United States had nothing to announce Adding that the alliance between the United States and South Korea remains as solid as a rock A controversy arose after the Chinese ambassador to the United States became the center of attention at an NBA game And it happens as the United States and China close a year of turbulent relations with a Chinese fighter jet recently flying A few meters from an American airplane This is simply outrageous The special treatment received by the Chinese ambassador at an NBA game sparked controversy Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang was the guest who took free throws on the court during a Washington Wizards game this week The former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom says he had never seen anything like it The NBA literally tried to do free publicity for a genocidal regime It is not the first time that the NBA has given a Chinese envoy a prominent role In January the Wizards played a video message from Qin during a game and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs even boasted about securing the airtime That was what was really driving me crazy The world's largest dictatorship can control 100% an organization made in the United States Freedom said in a recent interview for The Epoch Times that it is money that is pulling the strings The NBA is not the only one Look at Hollywood Look at Big Tech Look at the academics Look at Wall Street Last Friday the video ambassador was appointed As the new foreign affairs minister of China He has used strong rhetoric in comments about Taiwan and Xinjiang Even if he has described himself as a wolf warrior a term used to refer to an aggressive diplomat Just a day earlier the United States stated that a Chinese fighter jet came within less than 6 meters of a U S military aircraft It was on the verge of causing a collision The incident follows what the United States characterized as a recent trend of increasingly dangerous behavior From Chinese military aircraft That's all for today on China in Focus We are here to bring you the latest news in a honest and impartial way Don't forget to like and subscribe to our channel To receive more updates from Monday to Friday See you tomorrow