Fifth wave of virus possible in China, says expert

September 20, 2020 19:46

Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, says a fifth wave of the virus in China is possible, amid warnings that vigilance was needed for the approaching winter. Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, says a fifth wave of the virus in China is possible, amid warnings that vigilance was needed for the approaching winter.

The South China Morning Post reports Wu characterised the four waves so far as:

>> The first outbreak in Wuhan, controlled by early March

>> A regional outbreak in north-eastern China in April and May, driven by imported cases

>> The outbreak starting at a Beijing food market in June

>> Sporadic cases in the northeastern city of Dalian and Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, in July

Except for the initial outbreak in Wuhan, the outbreaks were sporadic, regional cases and they were effectively controlled, Wu said.

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