Tedros Adhanom, director general of the WHO (World Health Organization), assured that he has already spoken to the Chinese on the matter, stating today that the “covid zero” policy promoted by the Chinese government to contain the pandemic is “unsustainable”. experts..
“When we talk about the ‘Covid zero’ strategy, we believe it is unsustainable given the current evolution of the virus and our predictions,” Tedros said at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
“It’s time to hit the reset button,” said Michael Ryan, Director of Emergency Situations, noting that for some time this strategy has allowed China to present a few death outcomes relative to its population.
“It’s something China wants to protect,” Ryan said.
Michael Ryan said that the government’s response is expected in the face of the increase in the number of deaths in February and March this year.
However, as we have repeated from the beginning, all your actions must be done with respect to people and human rights.
At the end of last week, China once again announced that it is continuing its “covid zero” strategy despite growing population dissatisfaction in Shanghai, where indoor residents protest by banging pots on windows.
The Asian giant is facing the worst epidemic wave since spring 2020 and continues to follow the same policy as when the virus mutated and became much more contagious than the original strain detected in China in 2019.
source: Noticias
