China censors zero-Covid debate after WHO criticises policy


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China's censors scrambled to wipe out online debate over its zero-Covid strategy Noel Celis AFP 3 min Beijing (AFP) – China's censors scrambled to wipe out online debate over its zero-Covid strategy on Wednesday after the World Health Organisation (WHO) criticised the country's hardline approach to crushing the virus. Advertising Read more 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 corralled...