Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Understanding zero-infection approach
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic broke out in Wuhan two years ago, China has responded with all possible measures, including massive and long-lasting lockdowns, facemask and vaccination mandate, and zero-tolerance measures against new infections like tight border controls. China’s effort to defeat the pandemic forced many people, even in China’s scale, to stay under strict lockdown for weeks, like Wuhan in 2020 and Xi’an last year. But will these measures be able to prevent highly transmissible Omicron from spreading? Well, considering the size of the nation and population, they seem to have no choice but to continue until Covid-19 becomes endemic. Imagine Chinese people got infected at the same rate as the U.S. Hundreds of millions of people could become contracted and millions could die. Also, if Chinese people resume traveling abroad as they used to do before the pandemic, the endemic could become a pandemic again. So, in a sense, you might say China is helping the world by its strictest zero-infection approach at the cost of its economy and people. But why can China afford to keep closing its borders while other countries are easing their restrictions?
Read the article and learn about what China says about its rigid zero-infection policy.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202202/12/WS6207119da310cdd39bc86343.html
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