While China’s infection numbers are low by global standards, the country continues to stick with its outlier zero-COVID approach
China’s new top leadership body reaffirmed Beijing’s “dynamic-zero” COVID-19 policy on Thursday, as case numbers rose and authorities in the city of Guangzhou urged residents to work from home but stopped short of a city-wide lockdown.
“We must take more resolute and decisive measures to curb the spread of the epidemic as soon as possible and restore normal production and normal life as soon as possible,” the leadership said at the meeting, according to news agency Xinhua. While China’s infection numbers are low by global standards - new domestic cases rose to 8,824 on Wednesday - the country continues to stick with its outlier zero-COVID approach, fuelling widespread public frustration and inflicting damage on the world’s second-largest economy.
Mason Long, who works for a Guangzhou gaming company, said some residents were bracing for a lockdown, with many leaving the city or planning to.“Panyu district just announced that it’s restricting travel in and out, so that’s three districts to announce that,” Long said. “The rest of us in other districts are super-worried this will be applied to the entire city and we’ll be facing a Shanghai-style lockdown.
A Thursday commentary in the official Xinhua news agency urged Chinese authorities to take a more targeted approach to tackling outbreaks and rectify any extra “layers” of measures.
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