Tag: zeroCovid
One man's escape from zero-Covid China to seek his American dream
Wang Qun left his children and family behind to escape China’s zero-Covid policies. CNN’s Selina Wang shares his perilous journey across multiple countries. #SelinaWang #erinburnettoutfront #CNN
Taiwan’s coronavirus cases reach new record as island moves away from zero-Covid policy
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Taiwan posted a new daily record of Covid-19 cases on May 18, 2022, as the island undergoes its second coronavirus wave that started in early April, sparked by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The island’s health ministry records 225 deaths in the past week and acknowledges the virus is spreading rapidly among some communities. Once one…
Why does China still have a zero-Covid lockdown strategy? – BBC News
Covid lockdowns in China remain the strategy to deal with outbreaks of cases, whereas the majority of other countries have scrapped most restrictions. Beijing authorities are trying to stamp out an outbreak with mass testing and avoid a repeat of the city-wide restrictions that have kept Shanghai in lockdown for a month. Despite the measures, on top of tightly-controlled Chinese social media, videos have emerged…