How Long Can China Chase Covid Zero? Here’s What the Experts Say
As the rest of the world opens up, China is maintaining its hardcore approach — for now.
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China is resolutely sticking with its zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19, even as the delta variant continues to penetrate its formidable defenses. Officials are implementing increasingly aggressive measures — ranging from internal travel restrictions and snap lockdowns to mass testing of millions — in an attempt to rein in the virus.
Yet more parts of the country are grappling with outbreaks than at any time since the deadly pathogen first emerged in Wuhan in 2019. Hundreds of locally transmitted infections have been found in about two thirds of its provinces.