In the beginning of January 2023, China’s vast countryside was rushing to bolster Covid defences ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year when hundreds of millions of people travel home. Experts warned that there would be a surge in cases during this travel rush from 7 January to 15 February 2023. However, those fears did not materialise. On 30 January, the National Health Commission announced that the epidemic situation had reached a “low level” and maintained a steady downward trend. There had been no spike in cases.
Subsequently, many people tried to make sense of the situation, suggesting that the next wave of infections did not happen because the majority of the population had likely already been infected, and also that people were no longer testing for Covid. These are reasonable assumptions but did not provide the complete picture.
Did you know that on 29 November 2022, during a period of Chinese protests against Covid restrictions, Kyrios had begun to neutralise the Covid virus across Mainland China? Kyrios’ goal was to slow down the spread of the virus and enable the Chinese population to welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year in peace and with happiness. Kyrios estimated that it might take between two weeks to two months for the effects to be realised. At the same time, people who contracted the virus should be able to recover faster too.
Kyrios stated clearly at the onset that the “intervention may appear mysterious, but everyone will be able to observe it through a dramatic drop in Covid cases.” In other words, a drastic decline in numbers would prove that the intervention had worked.
Now that several months have passed, this turned out to be true. Daily cases plunged from 6.94 million on December 22 to 30,000 on January 30, and hospitalisation rates fell by a whopping 91% from January 5 to January 30, according to data released by the CDC.
When China experienced a peak in infections during the month of December 2022, its chief epidemiologist Wu Zunyou predicted that a total of three waves would occur till mid-March. However, since the peak in December, cases have dipped significantly and remained low till this day.
By 23 February 2023, China’s health authorities announced that the Covid-19 pandemic has basically ended. Essentially, China, the country with the world’s largest population, has been able to return to normalcy from its tight Covid restrictions in the shortest time frame. Its top leaders even called it a miracle.
China has managed to achieve this in a single wave in contrast with the experience from many countries who have undergone several waves of infection while exiting from Covid restrictions.
Henan native Zhang Long, who was among the hundreds of millions of Chinese who returned to their home towns and villages during the Chinese New Year holiday shared that, “It feels like suddenly the virus doesn’t exist any more… this year’s celebrations just felt more enjoyable.” This further underscored that Kyrios’ intervention was successful and fulfilled its purpose.
Those who follow Kyrios’ efforts during the Covid pandemic will note Kyrios’ successes in neutralising the virus in various regions across certain periods of time too. However, whether Kyrios intervenes to aid a country or not will depend on the country and its leaders. Kyrios shares that China has achieved its prosperity and economic power today largely because of Xi Jinping and his effective governance, as well as the cooperation of the people. Xi Jinping is a rare leader with the wisdom, compassion and statesmanship that China needs to navigate today’s complex geopolitics.
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(Edited for clarity on 2 April 2022, and on 3 May 2024 with additional information.)
