While nearly 90 per cent of the population has been vaccinated and a growing number received boosters, many analysts point to the lower efficacy of vaccines developed in China. The most widely used are inactivated shots, which offered less protection against infection caused by the original strain of the virus in clinical trials than the novel mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna.
Chinese health officials have made it clear that vaccination alone isn’t enough to keep the virus at bay, since breakthrough infections are common even with Western vaccines. Modeling by researchers at Peking University estimated China would face a “colossal outbreak,” with more than 630,000 infections a day if it were to reopen in a similar manner to the U.S.
The run on hospitals across the world, both in under-resourced places like India and in the developed world, is a constant reminder about how China’s patchy hospital network could easily crash under a sudden spike in infections. Switching tactics to let the virus infect a large swath of the population could create bad optics ahead of the national congress of the ruling Communist Party slated for later this year, where Xi Jinping is expected to try to extend his power.COVID Zero has sent ripples through the global supply chain. Outbreaks have led to temporary production halts at the China-based factories of top carmakers in the northern port city of Tianjin for people to undergo mass testing.
China has given no sign of backing away from its strategy of reacting forcibly to every flareup in the hope that it is quickly contained with few economic and social ramifications. While local lockdowns cause disruptions and spur complaints on social media, the strategy ensures people in the rest of the country can generally carry on with normal life.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Please continue to lock down. The world doesn’t need your citizens to be out and about around the world.
Becos it is a pandemic. And not becos citizens are statistics.
Why China Is Sticking With Its ‘COVID Zero’ Strategy ..u want them to follow us issit Daily 10,000 new cases 😂😂😂😂
The US ,the Sick Man of the World couldn't prevent a disaster with more than 75 million cases and 900,000 deaths with the live with covid policy. While China maintaining a zero covid policy managed to keep deaths below 5,000. Which approach is preferable?
Thanks to the American coronavirus. Origin of Covid-19 coronavirus. The WHO must investigate all evidence especially in countries where there are early reports of the coronavirus appearing.
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