China.com recently reported after the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released May’s Covid-19 data. The latest National Coronavirus Infection Status report shows that from May 1 to May 31, 2025, China had 440,662 new reported and confirmed Covid-19 cases in 31 provinces (including autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
Liu Qiyong, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference held by the Chinese National Health Commission that the results of China’s monitoring of respiratory infectious diseases such as Covid-19 show that, since March 2025, Covid-19 has shown a gradual upward trend. At present, the national Covid-19 outbreak is at its high since the beginning of this year.
Regarding the reasons for this current peak, on the one hand, it has been half a year since the last peak, and the group immunity has declined relatively. On the other hand, the Covid-19 variants in this round are mainly XDV and XDV.1, which have a stronger ability to escape immunity and are more likely to break through the immune barrier established by previous infection or vaccination. These variants still belong to the Omicron family. There is no evidence that the pathogenicity of the variant has changed significantly, and the clinical severity of the disease has not changed significantly. Existing Covid-19 tests and drugs are still effective.
Source: China.com, June 10, 2025
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