China is facing difficulties as it tries to ease “zero-Covid” measures while protecting a population that has barely been exposed to the virus. People 'still see Covid as a monster, something which is life-threatening,” a virologist says.
Residents buy medications at a pharmacy in Shijiazhuang, China, last week.Restrictions are also tightening in cities like Beijing, where officials closed parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday as the city reported more than 1,400 new cases. Beijing official Liu Xiaofeng said Monday that the city of 21 million was facing “the most complex and severe prevention and control situation since the start of the pandemic.
“During lockdown, people want to go out. If we loosen up, people would say they are left to fend for themselves,” resident Li Ye said Monday. “There will always be complaints.” Chinese social media regularly erupts with stories like that of a 3-year-old in Lanzhou, whose father said heThe government’s new measures say patients must receive timely medical care.There is wide agreement that China’s “zero-Covid” policy made sense as a public health strategy early in the pandemic, allowing daily life to continue relatively normally and minimizing fatalities. While the U.S.
“The population hasn’t been exposed to the virus, and the population hasn’t been exposed to the idea that the virus is here to stay,” he said.Dale De La Rey / AFP via Getty Images file
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