China’s coronavirus response is entering a new phase, said Sun Chunlan, the vice premier in charge of the government’s coronavirus policy. It has been shown once again that the Chinese government may be trying to review its strategy.
Vice Premier Sun held a meeting with the National Health Commission and experts in Beijing on the 30th and said, “The pathogenicity of the Omicron strain is relatively weak, vaccination is proceeding, and the government’s information about the new corona is accumulating “So our The fight against Covid-19 is at a new stage and we are facing new challenges.”
According to a statement after the meeting, Mr. Son did not use the term “dynamic Qing Zero,” which means zero coronavirus. In the briefing session the previous day by organizations such as the National Health Commission, unlike in the past, the officials did not mention the word at all, but encouraged the elderly to be vaccinated.
Son’s comments can be taken as the government’s first official acknowledgment that the coronavirus epidemic is no longer so serious, paving the way for further changes to the strict “zero-corona” policy. Various cities in China are easing restrictions, including parts of Guangzhou and central Chongqing.
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