One of the last countries sticking to a zero-Covid strategy, China aims to stamp out every infection with strict lockdowns and by sending all cases to secure facilities.
A major challenge is protecting the elderly, with only around half of Chinese people aged above 80 double-vaccinated and fewer than a fifth having received a booster.Officials have launched a fresh push to encourage older people to get a third dose, after hospitals in Hong Kong were overwhelmed by a wave of severe cases — mostly unvaccinated elderly patients.
Peking University researchers have warned that China could suffer a “colossal outbreak” that would quickly overwhelm its medical system if the authorities relaxed restrictions to a similar degree as in Europe and the United States.Urban-rural divideDespite huge reductions in rural poverty, there are still significant differences in access to healthcare between the countryside and cities.
Although nearly 40 percent of the population lives in the countryside, rural China had a total of only 1.4 million hospital beds.
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