Lockdowns and movement restrictions limited interactions in those areas, preventing the virus from leaping from one person to another. Some cities in China including Shenzhen and Jilin have successfully gotten outbreaks under control. In an article initially posted to his official WeChat account Thursday, Hu said the Chinese capital is facing a make-or-break battle against omicron and Covid Zero is only worth pursuing when the cost is manageable. Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Communist Party-backed Global Times newspaper and an influential commentator, also warned of the dire consequences of repeated lockdown for China’s economy and its global stature. Doing a lockdown and nothing else is a strategy that doesn’t work, he said. Lockdowns must be used to prepare the population to prevent the future spread of infection, Fauci said on the Maischberger show. The lockdowns are unlikely to be successful in the long-term because the government isn’t using the time to boost vaccination rates among the highest-risk elderly, and the shots it is delivering are less effective, White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci told a German talk show. Officials are living up to their zero tolerance vow, despite the impact it’s having on the economy and quality of life.
Foxconn Technology Group, the iPhone maker, said its operations are currently unaffected as factory workers are operating in a “closed loop,” where they sleep and live on-site.
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