The impact of ending ‘zero COVID’ in China. World View from bencowling88, HKUniversity
China’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic was unprecedented. In influenza-pandemic-preparedness plans, which guided the response to COVID-19, containment is rarely thought of as a sustainable strategy but is instead an initial approach to buy time for assessment and preparation.
In China, a containment approach was introduced in Wuhan, the epicenter of initial cases, and this was subsequently extended to the entire country. It worked for almost 3 years, but now that containment measures have ended, as of 7 December 2022, a surge in cases of COVID-19 poses a major public health threat this winter.
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