China Confirms First British Covid-19 Variant in Shanghai

Posted by freemexy on January 7th, 2021

China Confirms First British Covid-19 Variant in Shanghai

Whether they intended to or not, China's athletes made a statement earlier this month when they arrived at a Tokyo airport covered head to toe in full PPE.To get more shanghai coronavirus cases, you can visit shine news official website.

As the images of the national gymnastics team popped up on social media, it elicited a bemused response from some Japanese media commentators.

Others were struck by the contrast to other international teams, who had largely donned face masks.But China's National Sports administration said in a statement the measures reflected the seriousness with which Japan was also taking the pandemic and stressed that the team took off their protective gear once clearing customs.

A few commentators drew comparisons with the offence some in China took to American athletes arriving for the Beijing 2008 Olympics with face masks on to guard against air pollution.And in the weeks since, it has become apparent that this was not an isolated incident, but part of a broader trend.

A further two sports teams - both Chinese top-tier soccer clubs - were also covered head to toe in hazmat suits, goggles and gloves to travel to the United Arab Emirates for Asian Champions League matches.The editor of the China Story blog at the Australian National University, Yun Jiang, said it was a sign of how seriously Chinese authorities were taking the virus.

"The Government wants to be seen as doing all it can to control the pandemic spread and protect the population," she told the ABC."And this can contrast with what is happening in the US, where mask use and lockdowns are still being debated."

Even as the average daily number of COVID-19 cases has crept up into double digits, it has remained remarkably low for a country of China's size and density.This week a commentator sparked an angry backlash online for laughing about China's comparatively low COVID-19 death rate compared to Europe and the US.

Academic Li Yi told an online forum in Shenzhen that China's official coronavirus death toll of around 4,000 people was "equivalent to zero" given the country's vast population.