The global coronavirus pandemic is spurring more funding and public health help from the government in China.
Whether it’s new policies, resources, or even a school, the coronavirus outbreak has stepped up national focus on China’s deficient public health infrastructure, from hospital beds to medical expertise.
Health care issues are global and not restricted to China. It has come under fire for the early cover-up of the highly infectious disease. And also, recent efforts to redirect its roots away from the nation.
The first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December. More than 3,300 people around the world passed away of the disease. More than 92,000 people in over 180 countries and regions overseas had impacted the virus.
Early cases were linked to a local livestock market in Wuhan. As the epidemic spread exponentially, the city hurried to build two new hospitals. It also re-used other areas for tens of thousands of patients to care for. At the end of 2018, Wuhan’s health commission said the hospital bed occupancy rate was 94% already..
Policymakers are Now Concentrating on Economy
Since the spread of the virus has slowed inside China, policymakers are now concentrating on helping the economy recover from a prolonged lockdown.
According to Zhao Bowen, research director at the Beijing-based Blue Stone Asset Management, told about the public health in China. The comparison of the level of government versus person public health in China is very high. The comparisons are to the major developed countries.
“As a result, it will help reduce the burden on individuals by directing those local government bonds to health care and public health,” Zhao said, according to a CNBC translation.
He expects government funds to play the primary role in meeting public health needs. Hence, high-end health care facilities can attract both private firms and foreign capital.
