Spread of COVID-19 epidemic in China basically ended, experts claim

The spread of the COVID-19 epidemic has basically ended in China, though it is not completely over, according to a senior health expert, quoted on the website of the country’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).

Liang Wannian, head of the National Health Commission's expert panel on COVID-19 control, said the "decisive victory" in COVID-19 epidemic control, announced at a recent meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, means that the country has withstood the impact and test of the recent outbreak, with its people achieving herd immunity.

Although COVID-19 remains an international health emergency, China has set an example of a highly populous nation successfully pulling through a pandemic, he said at a news conference.