On May 6, Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed that he is continuing with his “zero covid” strategy, despite protests from confined residents who have resorted to banging their pots on the windows.
As unsustainable, this Tuesday, March 10, the World Health Organization (WHO) described the “zero covid” policy promoted by the Chinese government to contain the pandemic. In this regard, the organization’s director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported that he has met with Chinese experts to discuss the issue.
In this sense, he expressed that when talking about the “zero covid” strategy, the organization considers it unsustainable, taking into account the current evolution of the virus and global forecasts. The statements were made at a press conference in Geneva.
“We have discussed this issue with Chinese experts and have indicated that the approach will not be sustainable. Moving to another strategy will be very important,” the WHO chief added.
China has imposed drastic measures on the city of Shanghai, confining its 25 million inhabitants at the beginning of April, in the hope of curbing the worst wave of covid-19 since the first one, at the beginning of 2020.
On May 6, Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed that he is continuing with his “zero covid” strategy, despite protests from confined residents who have resorted to banging their pots on the windows.
Shanghai, China’s main economic center, has officially registered more than 500 deaths, where the total balance reported by the authorities has barely exceeded 5,000 deaths since the pandemic began.
The director of emergency situations at the WHO, Michael Ryan, recalled that for a time the “zero covid” strategy made it possible for China to show a result of few deaths in relation to its population.
“It is something that China wants to protect,” Dr. Ryan acknowledged, stressing that in the face of the rise in the number of deaths since February and March, it is logical for the government to react.
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