What Is China’s Zero-COVID Policy? | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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Zero COVID really means zero - so Shanghai Disneyland shut down over one infection.

We've all heard about there being zero COVID in China. But there's more to Beijing's pandemic containment strategy, which started immediately after the initial Wuhan outbreak.

"Through swift action, lockdowns, quarantine and contact tracing, the country was able to quickly reduce cases," says Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.

"The success in Wuhan led to greater implementation countrywide, and ever since Beijing has kept COVID at bay." Zero COVID, by the way, "means zero — not close to zero," which explains why Shanghai Disneyland shut down and 30,000 tests were conducted after a single suspected infection.

Despite lockdowns, Huang says the policy is quite popular in China, where many people "are even proud that the country has gotten the virus under control, especially as the United States struggles."

Watch his interview with Ian Bremmer on the upcoming episode of GZERO World.

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According to a recent study if China were to adopt the living with covid strategy there will be at least 6 million cases per day. Any health care system will be completely overwhelmed by such numbers. Allow each country to choose a tailored approach which addresses their unique situation and concerns.

evans
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cost lots of money, but what would be the cost if taking Western strategy, everyone's guess

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What's the latest COVID casualty count in China? Last I heard it was around 5000.

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