Rising COVID Cases, Leave Beijing City, Streets Empty .<br />CNN reports that Beijing has been hit with a significant <br />COVID outbreak just one week after the Chinese <br />government began easing "zero-COVID" restrictions.<br />CNN reports that Beijing has been hit with a significant <br />COVID outbreak just one week after the Chinese <br />government began easing "zero-COVID" restrictions.<br />According to CNN, the impact of the outbreak can be seen <br />in empty streets, deserted shopping centers and residents <br />voluntarily keeping their distance from one another.<br />Since the country's restrictive rules have been eased,<br />offices, shops and residential communities have all <br />reported rising cases and people reluctant to go outside.<br />The rule change, which came following widespread <br />protests, significantly rolled back testing requirements <br />that had dominated daily life in China for over two years.<br />On December 14, China's National Health <br />Commission (NHC) gave up on keeping<br />track of asymptomatic COVID cases. .<br />It is impossible to accurately<br />grasp the actual number <br />of asymptomatic infections, China's National Health Commission (NHC), via CNN.<br />Authorities reported 2,249 symptomatic <br />COVID cases nationally, with 20% <br />of those cases in the capital.<br />On December 13, China's top official managing COVID said <br />that there had only been 50 severe or critical cases in <br />hospitals, most of whom had underlying health conditions.<br />On December 13, China's top official managing COVID said <br />that there had only been 50 severe or critical cases in <br />hospitals, most of whom had underlying health conditions.<br />At present, the number of newly <br />infected people in Beijing is increasing <br />rapidly, but most of them are <br />asymptomatic and mild cases, Sun Chunlan, China’s top official in <br />charge of managing COVID, via CNN
