Surging Covid infections make it harder for China to achieve zero-Covid without reverting to a harsh lockdown, Macquarie’s Chief China Economist Larry Hu.
Surging Covid infections make it harder for China to achieve zero-Covid without reverting to a harsh lockdown, Macquarie’s Chief China Economist Larry Hu.
hazmat suit. the sweat pools inside the protective gear lining the inside of their rubber gloves. the surging temperatures coinciding with surging covid cases. cities across china require a recent covid test to enter any public area, that leaves everyone young, old and sick all waiting in long lines like these in the brutal heat. it is really hot. especially exhausting and you feel like a lot of times you feel anxious because you have things to do. reporter: to survive covid workers are getting creative, hugging giant blocks of ice, placing them on their backs, laps and feet. colleagues rub ice on each other and tape ice cold water bottles to themselves. some authorities have now said covid workers can wear ppe that does not cover their entire bodies. dozens of cities have been experiencing record high temperatures.
and dieing under the high temperatures. the soil, parched and cracked. the damage to china s crop production threatens to push up inflation putting more pressure on an economy already devastated by the pandemic. but in zero covid china, even health care workers hospitalized from heat exhaustion get a positive spin from authorities. this propaganda video shows government officials visiting covid workers in the intensive care unit while showing the motionless patients together in bed, it encourages them to rally to work together against covid. celine na wang joins me. have we seen the worst of the heat wave in china? is it going to get better? anderson, we have seen temperatures come down. after that things could get worse with more extreme weather expected in the coming months. this heat wave follows extreme flooding in china that has
heatstroke. in eastern china a covid worker vomits on the ground as colleagues rush to tear off her hazmat suit. unable to stand, she s carried away. it s a seen played out across china. fainting, falling, crumbling on the ground lying motionless. struggling to breathe. the covid workers long hours in the suffocating heat made worse by their head to toe full body protective gear. that is not water, according to state media, it s sweat gushing out of this worker s hazmat suit. it pools inside the protective gear. the surging temperatures coinciding with surging covid cases. cities across china including here in beijing require a recent covid test to enter a public area. that means young, old, sick all