Nearly 110 million rail passenger trips are forecast during January 7-21, the first 15 days of the 40-day Lunar New Year travel rush, a 28% year-on-year increase, according to the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party. gave information.
A total of 26.23 million trips were made on Lunar New Year’s Eve via railways, highways, ships and airplanes, half the pre-pandemic level but up 50.8% from last year, state-run CCTV said. told.
Mass movement of people during the holiday period could spread the epidemic, increasing infections in some areas, but a second COVID wave is unlikely in the near term, said Wu, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Xunyo said on Saturday on the Weibo social media platform.
Wu said the chances of a major COVID rebound in China in the next two or three months are slim as 80% of people have been infected.