Experts warned today that the “zero covid” policy, which means mass containment and testing of the population, is costly for the economy, after President Xi Jinping requested to continue down this path in China.
Strict anti-covid policy has allowed China to limit the death toll to just over 5,000 since the start of the pandemic, according to official figures.
For a month now, 25 million residents of Shanghai have been on lockdown due to an epidemic outbreak, and Beijing residents may suffer the same fate.
These lockdowns are punishing the economy and, if widespread across the country, testing every 48 hours, as some cities are already doing, could cost China up to 2.3% growth this year, according to the Nomura bank.
However, according to the Xinhua news agency, President Xi Jinping urged on Thursday (5) to continue the “zero covid” policy and “openly fight” anything that “questions” this strategy.
The Chinese communist power is content with its healthcare strategy, which is proof of the superiority of its political system compared to the millions of deaths the pandemic has left in the rest of the world.
source: Noticias
