The Cost of COVID-19: Impact on China
China, with a population of over 1 billion people, was hit hard by COVID-19. The virus originally emerged in the city of Wuhan, but has since spread all throughout the country. The first item, China’s Economy Rebounds From Coronavirus, but Shares Fall, goes into detail on how China's economy could still be in trouble despite regaining economic stability. Heavy spending on roads and rail lines reversed the Chinese economy’s outbreak-induced nose-dive that occurred in February and March. But retail sales stayed weak, which has alarmed investors.
The second item, China’s health care system under pressure as coronavirus continues to spread, discusses how the coronavirus has begun straining the Chinese healthcare system. Wuhan, the province’s capital city, accounted for 60% of mainland China’s total confirmed cases and about 77% of the deaths. The rapid increase in coronavirus patients into the tens of thousands began stretching the medical system. Even if the economy returns to normal, China's healthcare system could take longer to recuperate.
The last item, See Inside COVID-19 Hospital, Filmed By Wuhan Resident, Later Confronted By Police | NBC News, depicts the situation inside Chinese hospitals during the early days of the virus. A resident of Wuhan, China, filmed patients inside hospital corridors and body bags in a funeral vehicle. It was not confirmed whether those body bags were victims of COVID-19. The filmmaker, Fang Bin, says police accused him of taking money from “anti-China” forces after he released the video.