beijing recently announced incremental changes to covid restrictions, but said the country is sticking to its zero covid policy. and for people who have lost their loved ones in lockdown, these changes are all too little too late. and erin, that whole story and my conversation with you right now, all of that is being censored on airwaves in china, even though it s no secret here that this zero covid policy is unsustainable. but to come of this, experts say there need to be a few major changes. number one, the vaccine rate of the elderly population needs to increase. second, china s messaging needs to change. there is growing outrage, but many are still deeply fearful of getting covid because of the propaganda and demonization of the virus. erin? unbelievable. selena, thank you very much again for another extraordinary report. and thanks so much to all of you for joining us for it. ac 360 starts now.
heavy-handed tactics include welding shut the doors of anyone suspected of having been exposed to the virus. in spite of the invasive monitoring, though, the outbreaks haven t top stopped. the latest was in tianjin, commuting distance from beijing where the city s 14 million residents are now being tested en masse after two omicron cases were confirmed. in the northern city of jian state tv showed government food delivers that have come of the 13 million citizens going during their lockdown that began on the 23rd of december. china has now rolled out a vast booster program for anyone over the age of 3. most western public health officials think it s zero covid policy is unsustainable. but so far there is no sign of china changing course. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, thailand. for more now on covid s winter wave we re joined by cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus, want to start
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