“The time needed to reach the epidemic peak and return to normal was relatively quick. In a certain sense, it exceeded our anticipations”, declared the Chinese leader during a speech at the Davos Forum (Switzerland). ).
“The transition has generally been stable and smooth,” he also assured, despite the many criticisms of Beijing’s lack of transparency and the many videos relayed on the internet showing crowded hospitals.
“Recently, production and life have generally returned to normal. The food industry, tourism, and other consumer items have begun to return to normal,” Liu He said, three days following the news was announced. Beijing of the death of 60,000 people in connection with the virus since the lifting of health restrictions a month ago.
The Chinese leader acknowledged that “the main difficulty currently concerns the elderly”, but that “the availability of hospitals, beds, doctors, nurses and different treatments is completely secure”.
“We warmly invite our international friends to come to China,” Liu He told the Davos audience of political leaders and businessmen, adding that local health policy no longer requires mandatory quarantine. but only a negative test of maximum 48 hours.