Zero Covid
While the Zero-Covid strategy can significantly reduce virus transmission and alleviate pressure on the healthcare system in the short term, long-term strict measures such as lockdown may disrupt society’s normal order, including the economy, personal employment, and public mental health - Zhiqing Zhan
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What zero-COVID countries can teach the rest of the world
Although such an intense and prolonged effort to suppress the virus often came with high economic and social costs, the principles of widespread testing, surveillance, and caution are lessons all countries can learn for the next pandemic – as a future pandemic is an inevitability.
Resources
I live in a zero-covid world
What it’s like inside a China-sized bubble.
A Chinese Entrepreneur Who Says What Others Only Think
Already a maverick in business circles, Zhou Hang has dared to openly criticize the government’s zero Covid policy — and urges his peers to speak out, too.
The Guardian view on China’s zero-Covid strategy: no way out?
The human costs of lockdown in Shanghai have sparked frustration and despair. But leaders have no exit strategy.
What’s next for China’s zero COVID policy
It aims to get to zero cases and stay there.
China digs in for permanent zero-Covid with testing and quarantine regime
Shanghai district prepares for new lockdown as authorities build infrastructure to extend approach.
China, Isolated From the World, Is Now the Last Major Country Still Pursuing a 'Zero COVID' Strategy
For much of the pandemic, a group of places in the Asia-Pacific brought infections to zero, becoming virus-free havens in a world ravaged by the pathogen. Now, with the rise of the delta variant and the proliferation of vaccines, only one is still holding fast to that goal of eliminating Covid-19: China.
China: Why is the WHO concerned about its zero-Covid strategy?
While many countries are now relying on vaccination and improved treatments, China has stuck to a policy of lockdowns and other restrictions. The WHO says that with more transmissible Omicron variants spreading, this approach is not "sustainable."
China’s zero-covid industrial complex
The biggest corporate winners from the country’s draconian pandemic strategy
Coping With ‘Zero Covid’
As much of the world lifted pandemic restrictions this spring, China did the opposite.
Paul Hosford: The case for Zero Covid
Crushing the curve of the infection rate worked in some nations, but it never seemed to be an option here...
Shanghai’s zero Covid nightmare
Why even many wealthy people in China’s richest city can’t reliably get food — and what it says about the country’s political system.
The End Game of China’s Zero-Covid Policy Nightmare
As most of the world decides to live with the virus, China is doubling down on a strategy to crush it. But at what cost?
What Is a Zero-COVID Strategy and How Can It Help Us Minimise the Impact of the Pandemic?
Although the maximum suppression strategy is challenging and demands a high degree of coordination and social involvement over an extended period of time, it is proving its value as a tool for overcoming this crisis, preparing for future pandemics and fostering solidarity worldwide.
Why China Is the World’s Last ‘Zero Covid’ Holdout
The government has staked its political legitimacy on controlling the virus better than other countries, especially its geopolitical rivals.
Why China won't relent on its 'zero COVID' strategy
They're willing to sacrifice more and more economic growth to control COVID.
Zero-COVID is no longer an effective strategy. We need to learn from other countries how to adapt
COVID-19 will be with the world for at least the foreseeable future. Experts tell us it will become endemic. The challenge then is to learn to live with the virus effectively, protecting public health while restoring freedoms and reconnecting with each other.
Zeroing out on zero-COVID
As history shows, a self-isolating China is a threat to itself and a loss to the world.
What zero-COVID countries can teach the rest of the world
While a zero-COVID policy is not only unattainable but now impossible for most countries to achieve, there are lessons to be learned from countries that took a hardline approach to clamping down on cases.
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