As China reels from a Covid explosion, the joy that came with the relaxation of the zero Covid limits has been sadly short-lived due to soaring infection rates, overcrowded hospitals, and overflowing mortuaries.

In light of this dire situation, a leading authority on infectious diseases predicted that over 60% of China's population will likely contract the coronavirus within the following three months, resulting in millions of deaths from Covid.

“Thermonuclear bad -- Hospitals completely overwhelmed in China ever since restrictions dropped. Epidemiologist estimate >60% of China and 10% of Earth’s population likely infected over next 90 days. Deaths likely in the millions—plural. This is just the start,” said epidemiologist and health economist Eric Feigl-Ding in a Twitter thread.

⚠️THERMONUCLEAR BAD—Hospitals completely overwhelmed in China ever since restrictions dropped. Epidemiologist estimate >60% of 🇨🇳 & 10% of Earth’s population likely infected over next 90 days. Deaths likely in the millions—plural. This is just the start—🧵pic.twitter.com/VAEvF0ALg9

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 19, 2022

Chinese authorities have failed to bolster the elderly vaccination rate, upping surge and intensive care capacity in hospitals, and stockpiling antiviral medications, which could spell disaster for the country’s 1.4 billion citizens, warned experts.