sun chunlan told officials there to speed up testing and do more to isolate the close contacts of those found to be positive. more than 1,200 cases have been found in the city in the past few weeks. dr xi chen from yale university is an expert on health policy and explained why china is continuing to pursue a strategic of zero covid . china has been maintaining a zero tolerance policy for a long time, almost two years, so it is ramping up mass testing, quarantine, and the strict border controls, and although the case numbers are low, china has been worried about once it is opening up it will make the health system
of the country s strictest lockdowns since the pandemic began. these images are from inside xi an. sun chunlan told officials there to speed up testing and do more to isolate the close contacts of those found to be positive. more than 1,200 cases have been found in the city in the past few weeks. to tell us about whether this strategy is the best way to keep omicron at bay, i am joined now by dr xi chen, an expert in health policy at yale university. thanks forjoining us. by comparison with some of the numbers we have seenin with some of the numbers we have seen in other countries, china s infection numbers are quite small, so why are they taking this rather tough approach? so why are they taking this rather tough approach? thanks for having me. china tough approach? thanks for having me- china has tough approach? thanks for having me. china has been tough approach? thanks for having me. china has been maintaining i tough approach? thanks for having me. china has been maintaining a
sun chunlan told officials there to speed up testing and do more to isolate the close contacts of those found to be positive. more than 1,200 cases have been found in the city in the past few weeks. dr xi chen from yale university is an expert on health policy and explained why china is continuing to pursue a strategic of zero covid. china has been maintaining the zero tolerance policy for a long time, almost two years, so basically it s ramping up mass testing, frequent contact tracing, quarantining and strict border control. and although the case numbers are low, china has been worried about the west opening up, it will crowd out and make the system very stressful and there is a larger concern about the aging population
where 13 million people have been confined to their homes in one of the country s strictest lockdowns since the pandemic began. these images are from inside xi an. sun chunlan told officials there to speed up testing and do more to isolate the close contacts of those found to be positive. more than 1200 cases have been found in the city in the past few weeks. dr xi chen from yale university is an expert on health policy and explained why china is continuing to pursue a strategic of zero covid . china has been maintaining the zero tolerance policy for a long time, almost two years, so basically it s ramping up mass testing, frequent contact tracing, quarantining and strict border control. and although the case numbers are low, china has been worried about the west opening up, it will crowd out and make the system very stressful and there is a larger concern