Chinese detonated some dynamite under the pillars of his policy. zero covid. It is controlled destruction. opens to the “west”, but starting a potentially turbulent and uncertain path. Living with the virus, which has been excommunicated for three years, now seems inevitable.
Unpublished gestures have piled up in recent days. Several cities eased or increased deadlocks when they recorded a record number of infections. It happened this Wednesday in the southern macro city of Guangzhou. Authorities canceled the curfews and mass tests in half of the districts after the last minute. protest wave. In Shanghai, lockdowns have been lifted in 24 districts despite the “high risk” label. According to national media, the same process will follow in central China’s capital, Chongqing. Beijing is even more symbolic. The Chinese capital has never been closed as extreme measures have prevented any outbreaks. Beijing crossed the threshold yesterday 5,000 cases per day, Ugly by Chinese standards. Half of them, perhaps a third, would justify their immediate shutdown with the old script. The city announced today that it will allow asymptomatic infected people to comply with home quarantines if they agree to comply. A electronic device At the door of your home, you will inspect conformity anyway.
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Conversations are as important as actions. Vice President Sun Chunlan has been an enemy of the virus since the first news of pneumonia came from Wuhan. Hainan, Chengdu, Shanghai… Wherever an epidemic breaks out, Sun comes ashore with youthful energy and Prussian command and Citizens rushed to the supermarket, confident that there would be a curfew soon.. China was off the screen, Sun came to say at the health officials meeting. “With decreasing pathogenicity (a virus’s ability to harm its host), increasing vaccination rate and the accumulated experience in the control and prevention of the epidemic, the containment of the epidemic enters a new phase and a new task.” He also spoke of “more humane measures” in the fight against the virus, and the transcript of the official agency Xinhua does not mention “political measures”. zero covid dynamics”, previous mantra. The style is in line with the national press making this clear these days. new variables do not justify panic.
The assumption of the impending infection tsunami prompted the Government to set an ambitious goal of vaccinating the elderly to reduce mortality: 90% of people over 80 will have both. dose at the end of February, According to Chinese media Caixin. Therefore, it is announced that a major vaccination campaign will finish in two months most of the tasks pending in three years. The relatively low vaccination rate in this age group, 76% compared to 90% of the population as a whole, is one of the main reasons hindering the implementation of the pension policy. zero covid The government tried everything and nothing worked: disclosure, gifts, supermarket discounts, and even bribes Equivalent to 70 euros per puncture. The fulfillment of the mission is entrusted to local governments with less tact and patience than the central one. Behind some of the excesses in the implementation of national policies, such as the one-child policy, was the obedience of local cadres to Beijing directives necessary to rise through the ranks of the party.
China now, yes, seems largely willing formula against epidemic. Maybe it’s because he understands that new variants are too contagious to be stopped, maybe because of the protests, maybe because of both. China is entering a new scenario after three years of eliminating the possibility of coexistence with the virus.