World Faces ‘Millions More’ Infections as China Reopens Borders Amid COVID Surge: Pompeo

World Faces ‘Millions More’ Infections as China Reopens Borders Amid COVID Surge: Pompeo
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a conference in Jerusalem, Israel, on Oct. 12, 2021. Amir Levy/Getty Images
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused the Chinese regime of “knowingly infecting people all across the globe” as the country prepares to reopen its border amid a record surge of COVID infections.

China is grappling with an explosive COVID-19 outbreak that has yet to peak. About 248 million people, or 18 percent of the country’s population, were estimated to have been infected by the virus between Dec. 1 to 20, according to a memo from an internal meeting of the country’s top health regulator leaked online.