China censors zero-COVID debate after WHO criticises policy – CNA

BEIJING: China’s censors scrambled to wipe out online debate over its zero-COVID strategy on Wednesday (May 11) after the World Health Organization (WHO) criticised the country’s hardline approach to crushing the virus . China is the last major economy glued to a zero-COVID policy and enforces some of the most stringent virus controls anywhere in the world. Those restrictions have trapped most of Shanghai’s 25 million people in a lockdown with no clear end date, while Beijing has also gradually coralled many of its residents indoors as it battles its biggest outbreak since the pandemic began. On Tuesday, WHO chief…