with relative a shrug. in england latest estimates show that last weekend 1 in 35 people had the virus with 1 in 20 estimated to be infected in london. the uk has not seen a spike in hospitalizations or deaths likely thanks to omicron causing less severe illness and a lightning fast rollout of the booster swhot well over half of the eligible population having now had it. i m will ripley in hong kong this. are growing questions right now about the viability of china s zero covid strategy as the nation takes increasingly extreme mesh tours stomp out relatively small clusters of covid-19 infection. in the central chinese city of xian, 13 million people, the city s entire population on a level two lock dourng the whole city considered a controlled area meaning school and public transportation are closed. all but essentialler advices are stopped. that means in every household just one designated person can