Chinese President Xi Jinping said his COVID-zero approach minimised the pandemic’s impact on economic and social development in his first comments on the issue since loosening restrictions.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country’s COVID-19 strategy was “optimised” to protect people’s lives and minimise economic costs, his first comments on the issue since his government“We have optimised the COVID control strategy based on time and situation in order to best protect people’s lives and health, and minimise the impact on economic and social development,” Xi said while listing his achievements this year at an event with the nation’s top political advisory body, the state-owned...
Xi has remained silent on COVID-zero since his government took its first easing steps on December 7. China’s sudden exit from COVID-zero — which for nearly three years had required mass testing, snap lockdowns and mostly closed borders — has sparked a surge of infections.because officials stopped publishing an accurate case count and narrowed their definition of a virus death, forcing researchers to rely on outside estimates and anecdotal evidence.
Daily infections will peak 10 days before Lunar New Year at around 3.7 million cases, the researcher said.
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