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China's Zero-Covid Strategy Could Run to 2023

Alfredo Montufar-Helu, Director (Beijing), The Economist Intelligence Corporate Network

14-Jan-22 07:30

China's Zero-Covid Strategy Could Run to 2023

As the rest of the world tries to find ways to reopen borders safely and transition to an endemic phase of Covid-19, China has taken a different tact in maintaining a zero Covid approach. How sustainable is this pandemic strategy and what could be the implications in the long-run? We discuss China's economic outlook with Alfredo Montufar-Helu of The Economist Intelligence Corporate Network. Image credit: EPA-EFE

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Categories:  health policy,  diseases and conditions

Tags:  china,  government policy,  covid-19 pandemic,  economic outlook, 


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