By George Vichas
A diametrically opposite picture, compared to the rest of the planet, comes from China and specifically the city of Shanghai, where millions of people are forced to live under harsh restrictions due to the outbreak of cases.
Images that experts say are a consequence of the different management of the pandemic that the Chinese authorities have implemented from the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak until now.
Speaking to the Cyprus Times, Dr. Petros Karagiannis, a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Professor of Microbiology/Molecular Virology at the University of Nicosia Medical School, Dr. Petros Karagiannis says that China is currently facing a big problem which they are trying to eliminate with draconian measures.
As Dr. Karagiannis explains, the country has not gone through as many "waves" as the rest of the world has experienced, in fact they have only gone through one, which is the main reason why we have these images today.
There were strict controls at the country's entry gates, which did work as they managed to keep the numbers down at a time when there was an outbreak in many countries around the world, but this has been the reason why the community has not become naturally immune.
The 5 main reasons:
-The vaccines given to the population did not prove to be as effective as mRNA
-China's population has too many seniors who have not been vaccinated
-Only 50% of the population has been vaccinated
-They have no natural immunity in the community
The zero case policy, is ineffective for a strain like omicron that spreads so easily and so quickly
Asked about this, Dr. Karagiannis says that there is the possibility of creating a new mutation, but it will be a mutation of omicron, which is not a cause for concern.
"We are reassured by both the efficiency of our vaccines and the high vaccine coverage of the population, combined with the natural immunity that the population has acquired," he concluded.
"We are reassured by both the efficiency of our vaccines and the high vaccine coverage of the population, combined with the natural immunity that the population has acquired.
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