China is battling its biggest coronavirus outbreak since the outbreak began, with millions stranded and causing serious health problems.

China, one of the latest countries to adhere to the zero corona strategy, aims to eradicate all diseases by exporting them tightly and sending them to safe areas.

This has put a strain on China's healthcare system, which has previously been plagued by outbreaks of rapid omicron migration.

Here are some of China's key issues in the fight against COVID-19.

+ VACCINATION RATES

Beijing says more than 1.2 billion people in China received two doses of COVID-19 by mid-March. This equates to almost 90% of the population.

He also announced advocacy campaigns, but more than half of the population has yet to receive a third injection. The main role is to protect the elderly. Only half of Chinese people over 80 are vaccinated twice, and less than a fifth get a boost.

More than half of people over 60 receive a third dose.

Hong Kong hospitals have announced a new effort to approve a third dose for the elderly after being carried by a wave of critically ill, often unvaccinated adults.

China used its own vaccine and did not approve foreign vaccines, but granted Pfizer "approval" for the treatment of COVID-19 Paxlovide.

Chinese vaccines have lower efficacy in the study compared to many foreign vaccines. However, recently, many vaccine companies in China are trying to test Corona 19 Zap domestic mRNA, which is the same technology as Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna injection. .

+ HOSPITALS STRETCHED

Even before the outbreak, China's healthcare system struggled to cope with understaffing and overcrowding.

According to the National Health Commission, there are only 2.9 general practitioners per 10,000 people in China. The United Kingdom has around 1,000 inhabitants.

Some regions of China are sorely lacking in capital. Jilin province, site of the recent coronavirus outbreak, has a population of 24 million and just 22,880 beds, police said.

Peking University researchers have warned that if police are easily confined to the same level as in Europe and the United States, China could face a "major outbreak" that could quickly affect its health journey.

Scientists claim the potential for hundreds of thousands of new patients in a single day.

+  URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE

Despite the decline in urban poverty, there are still significant differences in access to health care in rural and urban areas.

Much of China's wealth, resources and expertise are found in big cities, where the wealthy can choose from a wide range of hospitals, including clinics around the world. According to a National Health Commission report last year, China's rural areas have just 1.6 health workers per 1,000 people and just 1.5 beds.

Although nearly 40% of the population lives in rural areas, rural China has only 1.4 million beds.

Even rural Chinese who move to cities for work have been denied access to urban health care due to legal procedures.

+ MAINTAINING ZERO-COVID

Shanghai, despite being China's largest city, is under threat as authorities race to find enough beds for those selected for their quality.

Police say 130,000 new beds are planned or under construction at a temporary site. About 40,000 beds have been installed in the Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Center area.

But now they usually have people with few or no symptoms.

Meanwhile, Shanghai residents have complained about the lack of food and medicine related to COVID-19.

“Strict and strong anti-communicable disease” passed the health exam, according to Yanzhong Huang, senior researcher for global health at the New York Council on Foreign Relations.

This is "the outcome that the zero corona regime should avoid", he told AFP. 2,000 troops and 38,000 medical personnel from across the country have been sent to Shanghai in support.

At least two asthmatics have died after being denied medical treatment due to COVID-19 regulations.

As the system scaled up, some patients near the home could be isolated, and supplies for home medical examinations were soon distributed for the first time.

Shanghai Health Commission Chairman Wu Jinglei said this week that Shanghai had operated 50 percent more ambulances than before the outbreak, but still could not make all requests for medical help.