ambulance and that patient later died. so most other countries, the united states, have far bigger case numbers but life when you re there feels relatively normal. but certain territories here in asia, including hong kong which is dealing with its largest ever outbreak and massive surge in cases and no herd immunity because they kept covid out and a lot of people felt they didn t get to get vaccinated. when omicron came in, the cases spread like wildfire, jake. what might this situation reveal about china s zero covid strategy? well, it s interesting because the chinese president, xi jinping, is trying to walk the line to save face saying the country has to be committed to zero covid but minimize the impact on the economy and on society. but you can t minimize the impact when a small number of cases leads to a massive lockdown. even though they won t call it a lockdown because they re sending localized notices and locking down portions of the city at once. life is disrupted. disrup
people forced to stay at home. cnn s will ripley is in the region in taiwan. will, the shanghai government is admitting they were not fully prepared. did they say how long this citywide lockdown might last? it s going to be at least a matter of days, jake. and you re talking about you mentioned 25 million people, more than the population of this island of taiwan where i am, which also has a zero covid policy, by the way, and an uptick in cases because omicron is highly contagious and it s very difficult to keep covid out forever. but in shanghai, 5600 daily cases now are causing this lockdown, are shutting down a city of vital cargo and transportation hub. hurting the economy not just in shanghai and china but perhaps even globally. and you have people with medical conditions like asthma not being able to get to the hospital on time. in fact there was a video shared on social media. an asthma patient refused by an
so for many here, there s been no real urgency to get vaccinated. but with australia planning to open up soon, there s a warning that even people in remote locations like this can t be complacent. we can t keep covid out forever, we will have to open up, and i think the vaccinated will be largely all right, and the unvaccinated will be in a bad way. it ll have implications for flying doctors, as well, for these remote areas, because there ll be cases of covid. that ll need people to be hospitalised, and we ll have to fly them in full ppe down to the appropriate facility which i m not looking forward to, to be honest. clinics like this have given more than 50,000 covid jabs across remote australia, including in several indigenous communities. vaccination rates amongst aboriginal and islanders are far lower than in the country as a whole. but the flying doctors say they are bucking that trend. people in those communities know the service, they trust the doctors and nurses. so if their
this town has never had a case of covid 19 so for many here, there s been no real urgency to get vaccinated. but with australia planning to open up soon, there s a warning that even people in remote locations like this can t be complacent. we can t keep covid out forever, we will have to open up, and i think the vaccinated will be largely all right, and the unvaccinated will be in a bad way. it ll have implications for flying doctors, as well, for these remote areas, because there ll be cases of covid. that ll need people to be hospitalised, and we ll have to fly them in full ppe down to the appropriate facility which i m not looking forward to, to be honest. clinics like this have given more than 50,000 covid jabs across remote australia, including in several indigenous communities. vaccination rates amongst aboriginal and islanders are far lower than in the country as a whole. but the flying doctors say they are bucking that trend. people in those communities know the service, th
i was wondering i would get the shot at all. it s just convenient and it saves all the travel. and instead ofjoining the queue, we re here getting almost exclusive access. it s a of having to - have it, so i thought, well, now s the time. this town has never had a case of covid 19 so for many here, there s been no real urgency to get vaccinated. but with australia planning to open up soon, there s a warning that even people in remote locations like this can t be complacent. we can t keep covid out forever, we will have to open up, and i think the vaccinated will be largely all right, and the unvaccinated will be in a bad way. it ll have implications for flying doctors, as well, for these remote areas, because there ll be cases of covid. that ll need people to be hospitalised, and we ll have to fly them in full ppe down to the appropriate facility which i m not looking forward to, to be honest. clinics like this have given more than 50,000 covid jabs across remote australia,