Most people may not know that China is trying to control Covid-19 using what is called a zero-Covid policy. Of course this is in addition to widespread vaccinations.
The zero-Covid approach is putting a severe strain on the people as it restricts nearly everyone in a village, town or city if only a few cases of the disease are found. Some people are having trouble finding food and other critical supplies due to these lock-downs (1).
One can only wonder what will happen to all those people when thousands from all over the world converge on Beijing for the Winter Olympics in February (2). It seems highly unlikely that China will be able to contain the virus, especially with the appearance of the Omicron variant. This is particularly true when their Sinovax vaccine (which employs inactivated virus), used to inoculate many Chinese, does not appear effective against the Omicron variant causing Covid-19 (3).
Time will tell how much damage their zero-Covid policy will have on their economics, and the mental and physical health of its 1.4 billion people, particularly in light of the poor efficacy of their widely used Sinovax inoculations, even with a booster dose.
"How much longer can China keep up its zero-Covid strategy?"
1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...th-coronavirus
"A month before 2022 Winter Games, Beijing enacts COVID 'closed loop'"
2. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sp...op-2022-01-05/
"Three Sinovac Doses Fail to Protect Against Omicron in Study"
3. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...on-study-shows