Unprecedented China COVID Surge and White Lung Syndrome

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as CCP virus, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab that were isolated from a patient in the United States. NIAID-RML via Reuters

An unprecedented surge of the coronavirus has hit China, with a reported estimate of up to 250 million people being infected in the first three weeks of December.

The estimate was provided by an insider officer from the nation’s top health authorities, initially reported by Bloomberg News and Financial Times.