China’s COVID-19 Response: Strategies And Results
China has come out of the lock down and has embarked on a policy of gradual reopening amid the concerns of the Western world.
After the zero-covid policies, China has changed its virus control policies in recent weeks. Since January 8, the Chinese government has reopened its borders, with the resumption of issuing visas and passports.
Given the lower severity of the infection, the Chinese health ministry has in fact downgraded the disease to a category B virus.
The Western world, frightened by possible new variants, has reacted with concern, imposing control and quarantine measures on those coming from China.
Spain, the United States, Italy and then also the United Kingdom have imposed molecular tests and quarantines, even if the scientific world is skeptical about the necessity and effectiveness of the measures.
Unfortunately it seems that incomplete news is arriving in Italy, so much so as to make one believe that China has changed direction abruptly and without gradualness.
Completion of Vaccination Cycle
In reality, vaccination cycles have been completed in recent months and the way of dealing with infections has improved considerably.
The death rate has in fact decreased significantly compared to the past, according to Li Guangxi, an expert at the State Council’s Joint Prevention & Control Mechanism.
In detail, we see how serious cases have dropped from 16.47% in 2020 to 0.18% today, as reported by Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The mayor of London’s former director of economic and trade policy, John Ross, noted that if China enforced US anti-Covid health policies, this modus operandi could cause the deaths of 4.7 million of Chinese. So when we talk about Covid in a large population like China, a small percentage of lives saved corresponds to millions of human beings.
After a long period of lock down and economic sacrifices, the country must restart, as stated by the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mao Ning “We believe that, with the joint efforts of the Chinese people and with solidarity, we will inaugurate a new phase of economic development and constant and orderly society”.
This article is originally published on radiocolonna.it
