Covid-19: Why China is sticking to “zero tolerance” public health measures
Andrew Silver
Abstract
China’s covid strategy has been to identify and interrupt community transmission through swift containment measures, sometimes for whole cities. And, despite already vaccinating over 75% of the population, it seems to be sticking to this approach. <b>Andrew Silver</b> asks why
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