
China opens borders, says Covid’s peaked amid drug shortage, hospital crisis and XBB variant
Inside China
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COVID in China - What's Next?
All eyes are on China as the Omicron search continues, with some commentators initially speculating the search might lead to a new variant of the coronavirus. Professor Ben Kowling from the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong says he was "a bit surprised" The sub-variant that's concerning us the most is the Omicrons XBB 1.5. Sub-variant has been detected in the US recently. It looks like it's got the ability to infect people who've got immunity to other Omicron sub-variants and so will cause a lot of infections this winter.
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