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China To Insist On "Zero-Covid" - NHC Expert

CHINA PRESS
MNI (Singapore)

China must insist on its dynamic “zero-Covid” policy as there is no way to completely eliminate the virus and no guarantee of zero cases, Caixin reported citing Liang Wannian, head of an expert panel on the Covid-19 response affiliated with the National Health Commission speaking at a Thursday press conference. If Covid restrictions were relaxed it would inevitably cause a large number of infections, which could threaten the life of 267 million elderly people and a large number of patients with underlying diseases, said Liang. China still has the conditions to prevent any outbreaks, as current infections are mainly imported from overseas and China has strong organisational capabilities to carry out controls, said Liang.

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