the virus may have first been identified in china but, as you can see, it very much wants to keep it out now and so far, largely, it has. there have beenjust over 100,000 cases recorded in china since the start of the pandemic, almost two years ago. compare that to the us and the uk, where there have been tens of millions. and china s low case numbers have meant a low official death toll, too. here, you can see china compared with the uk and us with the us heading towards a million deaths, china is in the low thousands. in fact, there hasn t been a covid death in china for months and supporters of zero covid say that that makes the case. they also point to the chinese economy. official data shows that china s gdp grew by over 8% last year that exceeded most expectations. there are, though, caveats. my colleague mariko oi explains. now, china s strict zero covid
they believe 0micron may have arrived in beijing by a infected mailfrom canada. and there is a hamster cull because cases were traced to a pet shop. the virus may have been identified in china, but as you can see it wants to keep it out now and so far largely it has. there have beenjust over 100,000 cases reported in china since the start of the pandemic almost two years ago, and compare that to the us and the uk, where there have been tens of millions. and china s lower case numbers have meant a lower death toll, and here you can see china compared with the uk and the us, with the us heading towards a million deaths and china is in the low thousands. there has not been a covid death in china for months, and supporters of zero covid say that makes the case. they also point to the chinese economy. the official data shows the gdp grew by over 8% last year and that exceeded most expectations, but there are caveats. my colleague mariko 0i explains. china s strict policy meant that i
of a busy travel season. it means quarantine camps for those suspected of having covid. as well as that, officials are warning against ordering things from overseas. they believe omicron may have arrived in beijing via infected mailfrom canada. there is even a hamster cull in hong kong after cases were traced to a pet shop. the virus may have first been identified in china but, as you can see, it very much wants to keep it out now and so far, largely, it has. there have beenjust over 100,000 cases recorded in china since the start of the pandemic, almost two years ago. compare that to the us and the uk, where there have been tens of millions. and china s low case numbers have meant a low official death toll, too. here, you can see china compared with the uk and us with the us heading towards a million deaths, china is in the low thousands. in fact, there hasn t been a covid death in china for months and supporters of zero covid say that that makes the case. they also point to
to keep it out now and so far, largely, it has. there have beenjust over 100,000 cases recorded in china since the start of the pandemic, almost two years ago. compare that to the us and the uk, where there have been tens of millions. and china s low case numbers have meant a low official death toll, too. here, you can see china compared with the uk and us with the us heading towards a million deaths, china is in the low thousands. in fact, there hasn t been a covid death in china for months and supporters of zero covid say that that makes the case. they also point to the chinese economy. official data shows that china s gdp grew by over 8% last year that exceeded most expectations. there are, though, caveats. my colleague mariko 0i explains. now, china s strict zero covid policy has meant that some major cities started to go back into lockdown from last month, due to the omicron variant, and we have yet to see the full