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Is the Chinese health system ready for the end of zero-COVID?

Is the Chinese health system ready for the end of zero-COVID?

Hong Kong- More Chinese cities have announced easing of restrictions following unprecedented protests against China’s tough “zero-COVID” policies over the weekend. But easing strict quarantine policies carries other risks, as health experts warn that China must increase vaccination rates, especially among the elderly, and prepare hospitals and medical staff or risk a massive number of …

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Is the Chinese health system ready for the end of zero-COVID?

Is the Chinese health system ready for the end of zero-COVID?

Hong Kong- More Chinese cities have announced easing of restrictions following unprecedented protests against China’s tough “zero-COVID” policies over the weekend. But easing strict quarantine policies carries other risks, as health experts warn that China must increase vaccination rates, especially among the elderly, and prepare hospitals and medical staff or risk a massive number of …

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Couple deported to China despite fear of government's strict zero-Covid policy

Couple deported to China despite fear of government’s strict zero-Covid policy

By Han Guan/AP Protests have erupted across China in recent weeks, calling for an end to lockdowns and a zero-Covid strategy. An Auckland-based couple have been ordered to return to China despite claiming it would harm them due to the country’s ‘draconian’ Covid-19 lockdown measures. The couple, aged 30 to 40, arrived in New Zealand …

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Chinese cities ease curbs but full zero-COVID exit far from over - ET HealthWorld

Chinese cities ease curbs but full zero-COVID exit far from over – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: More Chinese cities, including Urumqi in the far west, announced an easing of coronavirus restrictions on Sunday as China tries to make its zero-COVID policy more targeted and less onerous after unprecedented protests against restrictions last weekend. Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region and where protests first broke out, will reopen shopping …

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What China's zero-COVID issues mean for global economic growth

What China’s zero-COVID issues mean for global economic growth

China’s strict zero COVID policy has complicated the global economic recovery. The country tried to eliminate all cases of COVID-19, but three years later frequent shutdowns and strict quarantine guidelines led to food shortages, delayed health care and mental health issues. Ongoing citizen frustrations reached a boiling point on November 24, when protests erupted after …

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Vaccination of the elderly in China is the key to lifting zero-COVID

Vaccination of the elderly in China is the key to lifting zero-COVID

The Chinese government has repeatedly locked down tens of millions of people at once over the past three years as part of its zero COVID policy. He is now deploying his considerable powers of state control to quell protests against this policy. But it has failed to do what experts say would make the policy …

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The Disastrous Implications of Lifting Zero-COVID in China

The Disastrous Implications of Lifting Zero-COVID in China

Over the past week, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government has initiated a dangerous policy shift away from the Zero-COVID elimination strategy that has been in place across China since the pandemic began. The clearest evidence of this change is the publication last Friday of 20 measures by the National Health Commission (NHC) which restrict …

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