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China's Strategy Shift Towards Living with COVID-19
15:31 - 22:36 (07:05)
China is shifting their focus from zero COVID cases to controlling small outbreaks of COVID-19 and developing effective vaccines as their population of 1.4 billion people has little immunity to the virus. This marks a significant shift away from their reputation of controlling the virus and towards coexisting with it.
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As China shifts away from solely focusing on zero COVID cases, the government is attempting to respond quickly and decisively to small outbreaks.
15:31 - 19:38 (04:07)
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As China shifts away from solely focusing on zero COVID cases, the government is attempting to respond quickly and decisively to small outbreaks. This comes after instances where the virus became unmanageable and forced people to quarantine with strangers for extended periods of time.
ChapterChina's Strategy Shift Towards Living with COVID-19
EpisodeA ‘Zero Covid’ Olympics
PodcastThe Daily
The population of 1.4 billion people in China has no immunity to the virus, and thus, more effective vaccines are needed to shift back to normal society.
19:39 - 22:36 (02:56)
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The population of 1.4 billion people in China has no immunity to the virus, and thus, more effective vaccines are needed to shift back to normal society. It is difficult for a zero COVID-19 policy to sustain in the future with more variants- and Xi Jinping has to make people comfortable living with the virus with time.