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Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo)
China is one of the last countries in the world to continue to confine its population due to Covid-19. Indeed, the country is pursuing its zero Covid strategy, which is pushing the authorities to take drastic measures.
1,438 cases of Covid-19 contamination were recorded on Tuesday, November 22, in Beijing, the Chinese capital which has 22 million inhabitants. It is this figure that prompted the authorities to order the closure of restaurants and schools but also to invite employees to work from home.
Covid-19: a record number of cases in Beijing
For the Chinese authorities, this figure of 1438 cases is exceptional, this had never happened before in almost three years of pandemic in China. Last Sunday, the number of cases stood at only 621 new cases in the city of Beijing. It is this increase, in a few days, which decided the authorities to put in place the measures of distancing of its population, always with the aim of pursuing its zero Covid strategy.
The zero-covid strategy tires the Chinese
In addition to the confinements, the Chinese authorities are still imposing a quarantine on those affected by the disease and carrying out PCR tests for the population as a whole, almost every day. Constraining measures which may have borne fruit at the start of the pandemic, but which are less relevant today. Not to mention the growing weariness of the Chinese in the face of these constraints and the isolation of China vis-à-vis the rest of the world.
More than 28,000 cases in the country
In China, there are 28,000 cases of contamination, with two regions particularly affected: Guangdong province and the city of Chongquig. In Beijing, three elderly and sick people died of the virus, these are the first deaths recorded since last May.
For Dr Gérald Kierzek, emergency physician and medical director of Doctissimo, “the strategy pursued by China is unrealistic, losing and untenable: you cannot eradicate a virus. We see that their decisions are driven by a political strategy and a desire not to lose face.”