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May 11, 2022

Study Warns China Faces "Tsunami" of Omicron Coronavirus Infections 
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On Tuesday, the journal Nature Medicine published a new study finding
China faces a "tsunami" of COVID-19 cases if it abandons its zero-COVID
policy. Researchers at a university in Shanghai estimate that, left
unchecked, the Omicron variant could cause over 110 million cases of
disease through July, with over 5 million hospital admissions and 1.6
million deaths. Public health officials warn just six in 10 older adults
in China have gotten a booster shot. Also, the Sinovac and Sinopharm
vaccines widely used in China are significantly less effective than the
m RNA shots produced by Pfizer and Moderna.


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