each day by the CDC last week, analysts say the hight number of cases could put China's zero-COVID lockdown policy in jeopardy. While this is far fewer than the 42,200 cases reported in the U.S. Today, China, where there is much less fanfare and far fewer press conferences about COVID controls, is facing a very different winter.ĬOVID-19 cases in China are spiraling towards levels not seen since April 2021, and officials are looking to shut down large swaths of the country once again to prevent more cases from spreading under its zero COVID policy.Ĭhina reported 28,000 new COVID cases on Tuesday due to outbreaks in Beijing, the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou, and the southwestern city of Chongqing. President Donald Trump suggested the virus originated in a laboratory in China. The press conference was periodically thrown into chaos as reporters yelled questions at Fauci about the origin of COVID-19, which became a contentious topic in the U.S. Whether you're a far-right Republican or a far-left Democrat, doesn't make any difference to me," Fauci said at the start of the conference, reflecting on his time as Chief Medical Adviser and addressing his policies on masks and vaccines that have become partisan totems in the U.S. "I don't want to see anybody hospitalized, and I don't want to see anybody die from COVID. health official, who has been celebrated for his 54 years of public service as well as vilified as the face of the country's COVID-19 pandemic response, used the press briefing to strongly encourage Americans to get vaccines and booster shots, citing a new study that showed the latest boosters offered better protection against new variants. probably won’t go through another wave of COVID cases over the winter like those seen during the two previous years, Anthony Fauci said at his final press briefing as President Joe Biden’s Chief Medical Advisor on Tuesday.
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