Against the background of the huge corona wave in China, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on his compatriots to persevere. “Everyone perseveres with great strength. The light of hope is right in front of us,” said the state and party leader in his New Year’s speech on Saturday. The pandemic has entered a “new phase”. But perseverance and solidarity would ultimately lead to victory.
After nearly three years of lockdowns, enforced quarantines, mass testing and contact tracing, the world’s most populous country abruptly lifted its hardline zero-Covid policy on December 7. Hospitals are overcrowded and many crematoria can no longer cremate the bodies fast enough.
The turnaround in corona policy was justified by the fact that infections with the new Omikron variants were no longer so difficult. But experts saw the reason mainly in the fact that the strict measures could no longer be maintained in view of the explosive spread. The rigorous restrictions also placed increasing pressure on the second-largest economy.
(yam/sda/dpa)
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