WHO Chief Says China’s Zero-COVID Policy Isn’t Sustainable

WHO Chief Says China’s Zero-COVID Policy Isn’t Sustainable
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva Switzerland, on July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via Reuters
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the Chinese regime’s zero-COVID policy is “unsustainable,” a rare criticism that was quickly censored on China’s internet.

“When we talk about the zero-COVID strategy, we don’t think that it’s sustainable, considering the behavior of the virus now and what we anticipate in the future,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a May 10 media briefing. “We have discussed about this issue with Chinese experts, and we indicated that the approach will not be sustainable. ... I think a shift would be very important.”