The World Health Organization warns of 'very tough' times ahead for China, as the country of 1.4 billion dismantles its tough 'zero-COVID' controls amid a COVID surge
Asked about the policy changes, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told a Geneva press briefing on Tuesday that China faced a "very tough and difficult time.
"We've always said before: don't go into lockdown too easily and too quickly because it's really, really hard to come out." "There are many, many things you have to put in place at community level, at hospital level, at national level in order to maintain that transition," Harris added.
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