CHINA has been hit by Covid outbreak that will spread like “wildfire” after the country abandoned its harsh lockdown. Xi Jinping was forced to abandon his ‘Zero Covid’ policy after a wa…
More big cities could soon endure similar levels of infections.
“The behaviour of case numbers is very similar to 2020, where we had one [to] two weeks with genuine case numbers, before the veil was drawn,” he said. Anger over China's “Zero Covid” policy - involving mass lockdowns, constant testing and lengthy quarantines - stoked huge unrest on a scaleWhile official data showed a fall in new cases, they no longer cover large parts of the population after the government on Wednesday ended mandatory testing for many people.
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