Good morning.
With all the fuss over the balloon, you might have forgotten about something else blowing up in China a month ago – COVID infection numbers.
Insight looks at the pandemic as it spreads throughout China, where some experts predict that 900 million people would have caught the virus as of mid-January.
How did ordinary people cope with going from zero-COVID to living with the virus almost overnight?
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While filming on the ground, we heard many stories of people losing loved ones. Workers at funeral homes spoke of being inundated with burials of the dead.
But most were reluctant to speak on camera. This was an issue faced not just by us, but also by medical experts monitoring the situation outside of China, like the World Health Organisation.
Obstacles to getting accurate, reliable data could mean an inadequate response should new variants emerge from Chinese infections.
And with outbound Chinese travellers expected to return to the skies after years of border controls, should you be worried about outbreaks occurring in your part of the world? We examine these issues and more.
Daniel Heng
Executive Producer, Insight
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