Here are the lessons the West should learn from China's COVID-19 exit strategy to avoid disaster
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Western countries should borrow measures such as maintaining lockdowns after cases peak; delaying mass gatherings; and using tech to track COVID-19 patients.The West should draw lessons from Asian countries — especially China — that have successfully flattened the curve of coronavirus infections and deaths.from analysts at JPMorgan, which warned of a risk of infection rebound when Western countries ease out of widely enforced lockdowns.
Italy, which has reported the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths, should not relax its curfew before late April, they wrote. And the US, which has the highest number of infections globally, should not be out of lockdown before mid-May. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, along with others, hasDr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appears at the White House, in Washington DC, April 1, 2020.Countries shouldn't relax their social distancing measures until they have enough intensive care units and hospital beds available to deal with a second wave of infections, JPMorgan cautioned.
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