{"id":1064051,"date":"2021-11-29T09:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064051"},"modified":"2021-11-29T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:29:02","slug":"china-declares-victory-against-omicron-coronavirus-variant-while-delta-ravages-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-declares-victory-against-omicron-coronavirus-variant-while-delta-ravages-country\/","title":{"rendered":"China Declares Victory Against Omicron Coronavirus Variant While Delta Ravages Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-declares-victory-against-omicron-coronavirus-variant-while-delta-ravages-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064051&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Communist Party of China cited several alleged \u201cexperts\u201d in its state-run press on Sunday to preemptively declare its policies against the latest Chinese coronavirus \u201cvariant of concern,\u201d Omicron, a success even as Beijing struggles to contain an increasingly severe outbreak of the currently prevalent Delta variant.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s poor epidemic management strategies \u2013 which included attempting to host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/01\/26\/amid-deadly-virus-outbreak-china-tried-to-hold-worlds-largest-banquet\/\">world\u2019s largest banquet<\/a>&nbsp;for a mostly elderly population while aware of a novel and extremely infectious disease spreading \u2013 are the primary reason that the Chinese coronavirus initially spread out of the central regional capital of Wuhan to the entire world. Communist Party officials admitted in early 2020 that they let as many as 5 million of Wuhan\u2019s 11 million people leave the city for Lunar New Year, spreading the disease internationally. Chinese officials also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/05\/14\/report-china-has-arrested-almost-500-people-for-talking-about-the-coronavirus\/\">arrested<\/a> doctors warning that their patients were exhibiting signs of a novel disease.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Doctors in South Africa alerted global institutions to Omicron, which the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) deemed a \u201cvariant of concern\u201d last week in response to the significant number of mutations in its spike proteins. The variant likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/27\/world\/africa\/coronavirus-omicron-africa.html\">originated<\/a> in Botswana and doctors in Africa have stated that its symptoms appear far milder than previous mutations of the virus, though research into the variant is in its early stages.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s state-run&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1240123.shtml\">asserted<\/a> on Sunday that China\u2019s \u201czero-COVID\u201d (Chinese coronavirus) policy could handily prevent the spread of \u201cany mutation\u201d \u2013 presumably excluding the original virus and Delta, the only two iterations of the virus that have spread in any significant way. Beijing has no plans to change its coronavirus policies in any way in response to Omicron, the propaganda newspaper reported \u2013 a move endorsed by China\u2019s top infectious disease expert, Zhong Nanshan, who reportedly said this weekend that \u201cnow is not the time to take drastic action.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18928458\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236811716.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18928458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236811716-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>People head towards the Regal Airport Hotel at Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong on November 26, 2021, where a new Covid-19 variant deemed a \u2018major threat\u2019 was detected in a traveller from South Africa and who has since passed it on to a local man whilst in quarantine. ( PETER PARKS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another \u201cexpert\u201d \u2013 |chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wu Zunyou\u201d \u2013 described China\u2019s coronavirus policies as a \u201cmagic weapon\u201d that had essentially already defeated Omicron, according to the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen asked about the relaxation of entry policies, Wu said that currently the vaccination rate has not reached the required herd immunity level so more data and analysis of booster shots are needed to judge the situation,\u201d the newspaper noted.<\/p>\n<p>In another confident declaration,&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> quoted&nbsp;Zhang Wenhong, the head of Shanghai\u2019s coronavirus medical team, writing online to Chinese citizens, \u201cif we can cope with the Delta variant, we can also cope with Omicron.\u201d Zhang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1240083.shtml\">predicted<\/a> that Omicron would not \u201cexert any major impact on China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The little evidence China allows to leave the country, however, indicates that the Communist Party has failed to cope with Delta. Last week, the Communist Party forced over 20 hospitals in Shanghai \u2013 China\u2019s economic heart and its most populous metropolitan area \u2013 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/26\/coronavirus-shanghai-hospitals-stop-taking-emergency-patients\/\">suspend<\/a> both out-patient and emergency services in response to an ongoing outbreak of the Delta variant of the Chinese coronavirus. The suspension would also result in a forced quarantine for everyone within the hospital facilities that the Communist Party has labeled with the euphemism \u201cclosed-loop management.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3829787234043\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Communist Chinese regime declared there will be no further examinations of the origins of the coronavirus in China, flatly rejecting calls for new studies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mdnRiieu4a\">https:\/\/t.co\/mdnRiieu4a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1427344522317549572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Shanghai most recently imposed extreme measures to attempt to contain the virus, At least 20 of China\u2019s 34 provinces have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/05\/china-blames-mongolia-for-olympics-threatening-coronavirus-fiasco\/\">implemented<\/a> some anti-pandemic measures since October in repsonse to the latest outbreak. The outbreak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/11\/coronavirus-china-marathon-olympics\/\">began<\/a> about two weeks after the anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, a holiday in China in which the government heartily encourages \u201cred tourism\u201d to honor historic communist sites. The outbreak originated with a tour group from Shanghai traveling across much of the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Communist Party has blamed the outbreak on packaging on imports from foreign countries, allegedly most likely Mongolia \u2013 despite near-universal scientific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-00251-4\">consensus<\/a> that touching infected surfaces is not a prominent way in which the virus spreads. Beijing has refused to acknowledge any concerns that the outbreak \u2013 which caused the cancelation of several major city marathons \u2013 will have an impact on its ability to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, scheduled to begin in February.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ongoing national emergency, the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> celebrated the Communist Party\u2019s policies in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1240129.shtml\">editorial<\/a> Sunday that applauded its \u201cstrength and unity\u201d as an unbeatable weapon against the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I]f the Omicron variant launches a new wave of attack, it is China that will be best able to block its invasion,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> staff asserted. \u201cThe dynamic zero-case policy has pushed China to form a complete system, which includes both scientific spirit and political decision-making power. Moreover, it also includes strong social organization and the willingness of the general public to cooperate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18928466\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236835202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18928466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236835202-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>People enjoy a picnic near signage discouraging large gatherings amid the pandemic in Hong Kongs Tsim Sha Tsui area on November 27, 2021. (BERTHA WANG\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis has made China a true impregnable fortress against the spread of the virus in the world today,\u201d it claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> concluded with an observation that China\u2019s alleged success is due to its culture, while \u201cthe characteristics of Western society make it difficult to take China\u2019s anti-[Chinese coronavirus] route.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The W.H.O.\u2019s latest update on Omicron, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/28-11-2021-update-on-omicron\">published<\/a> on Sunday, indicates that its concerns regarding the variant are largely the product of having very little information about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not yet clear whether Omicron is more transmissible (e.g., more easily spread from person to person) compared to other variants, including Delta,\u201d the update read in part. \u201cIt is not yet clear whether Omicron is more transmissible (e.g., more easily spread from person to person) compared to other variants, including Delta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/uk-59450988\">told<\/a> the BBC on Sunday that the patients she has seen who tested positive for Omicron exhibited \u201cextremely mild symptoms.\u201d Coetzee described the symptoms as \u201cunusual\u201d for Chinese coronavirus as they did not include indicators that have become synonymous with the infection, such as loss of taste and smell. 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