China is loosening its covid restrictions, at great risk
The government has not done enough to prepare
Does China still have covid-19 under control? In keeping with its flawed recent handling of the virus, the answer is surely that it does not. The official tally of cases is falling, but that is probably because people are being tested less often. Not long ago the aim was to suppress every infection chain. Today social media suggest that an alarming and rapidly growing number of Chinese people know someone who has caught the disease.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “What is the plan?”
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