Up to nine in 10 Chinese will eventually get infected, regardless of changes in health curbs, says Dr Feng Zijian. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – The vast majority of China’s population may eventually contract Covid-19, a senior health-policy adviser has warned, as Beijing makes concerted steps towardAbout 80 to 90 per cent of the Chinese population may eventually be infected with the virus, according to the latest estimate by Dr Feng Zijian, a former deputy chief at China’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr Feng is now advising China’s joint prevention and control task force on how to manage the pandemic. He was one of eight experts convened by Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan last week, when she dropped a reference to the term “dynamic Covid zero” and pledged small, consistent changes to optimise China’s approach to Covid-19.
Until about a week ago, Chinese officials were still pledging to quash Covid-19 outbreaks and eliminate the virus. Protests against the stringent rules, withseem to have hastened China’s pivot away from a policy that has been closely tied to President Xi Jinping. Less than a month after starting the reopening process by issuing 20 guidelines to local officials to minimise disruption from looser rules, the National Health Commission set out 10 new measures to assist the move away from zero-Covid.
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