Canadian travellers to China face testing for COVID and monkeypox

Canadians travelling for business, work and family to China will need to undergo “double screenings” for both monkeypox virus and COVID-19 during their quarantine period.

China’s National Health Commission recently published a guideline on monkeypox prevention and control, stating that apart from COVID-19 tests, inbound travellers entering China should also be tested for monkeypox virus during quarantine — especially those who have a travelling history in countries with reported monkeypox infections within 21 days before entering China.

According to the guideline, returnees from epidemic areas should be closely monitored. If rashes or other symptoms related to monkeypox appeared, they should seek medical treatment and inform doctors of their travel history. Suspected cases need to be promptly reported to local disease control agencies and transferred to designated medical institutes.

The World Health Organization said Tuesday (July 12) that it will convene a second emergency meeting next week to decide if monkeypox is a global health threat as cases keep rising.

As of July 13, global monkeypox cases have topped 10,000, with cases found in almost 60 countries. So far, Canada has identified 477 cases, with 29 of them found in B.C..

No cases have been found in China yet and the authorities are determined to keep the virus out of the country by tightening up the prevention and control measures.

BBC World Service radio yesterday were once again pushing the line that China was experiencing big COVID surge. near the end of the piece they casually mentioned “hundreds” of cases per day. can’t find BBC documentation. however, here are the pathetically low figures, including total covid deaths still in the 5,000s!

16 July: Reuters: China reports 547 new COVID cases on July 15 vs 533 a day earlier
(Reporting by Albee Zhang and Tony Munroe; Editing by William Mallard)
Mainland China reported 547 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, of which 129 were symptomatic and 418 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.
That compares with 533 new cases a day earlier - 113 symptomatic and 420 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.

China’s capital, Beijing, reported another day of no new infections.
The financial hub of Shanghai reported 28 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases for Friday, down from 42 a day earlier, with symptomatic cases at five, compared with six the previous day, the local government said on Saturday. All the infections were in quarantined areas.

As of Friday, mainland China had confirmed 227,272 cases. China reported no new COVID deaths, leaving the ***death toll to ***5,226.
https://news.yahoo.com/china-reports-547-covid-cases-014035436.html

no MRNA vaxxes in China, I understand.
on the other hand, in Australia, which is vaxxed out with MRNA, and with a population of 26m to China’s 1,400m, we have:

14 July: ABC Australia: COVID cases are rising across Australia, with the peak yet to come. Here’s a breakdown of hospitalisations in each state and territory
By Dinah Lewis Boucher
This month, Australia passed the grim milestone of 10,000 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began, about 7,500 of those occurred in the first half of 2022.
More than 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over have had two vaccine doses, according to Tuesday’s federal government statistics.
And more then 70 per cent those eligible for boosters have had three or more vaccine doses...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-14/covid-cases-in-hospital-across-australia/101227156

10,000 Australian covid deaths equals approx. 500,000 Chinese deaths, while US approx 1m deaths would be equivalent of approx 4m covid deaths in China.

16 July: Perth Now Australia: Covid cases surge in Australia with the peak weeks away
by Adelaide Lang/NCA NewsWire
The announcement comes as Australia faces a recent surge of Covid cases, with a whopping ***43,491 cases reported in the last 24 hours across the country...

As case numbers are forecast to rise even further, the Prime Minister urged Australians to take advantage of widely-available Covid booster vaccinations which he labelled “absolutely critical”.
“If you are eligible to get a booster, get it,” he emphasised.
“They are free, they help protect your health and help alleviate the impact of Covid – including the new variants.”...
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/covid-cases-surge-in-australia-with-the-peak-weeks-away-c-7541023

***43,491 cases in a day in Australia would be approx equivalent of 2,174,500 cases a day in China!

COVID IS A CHINESE SCAM.

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