In Shanghai, China's 'decisive battle' against Covid | Marcelo Ninio

What is surprising about the lockdown imposed in Shanghai is not the draconian measures, but the unpreparedness of the authorities to manage a scenario that could have been foreseen. In two years of the pandemic, the Chinese government has shown remarkable competence in maintaining its Covid zero policy. With a virus elimination strategy based on tracking, mass testing and isolation of infected people, the country safeguarded its health system and saved lives, going almost a year without registering a single death from the disease. Shanghai was one of the main showcases of this policy, until the à”micron variant caused an…