Zero tolerance on Zero COVID policy! China arrests another activist for raising questions on policy

Beijing, May 6: Amid the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese authorities recently arrested another activist for speaking out against abuses committed by health and police authorities. Beijing continues adhering to its "zero-COVID" protocols despite criticism from global health experts.

 

 

The activist named Ji Xiaolong was arrested at his Yanlord Riverside apartment in Shanghai's Pudong district. The Chinese authorities forcefully took him and his wife into custody. Reports suggest that he was detained for three days and then released after strict and long hours of questioning.

 

For a few days, China has been facing the impact of the resurgence of COVID cases in key cities. Shanghai has been under strict lockdown as Bejing has shut down dozens of metros, bus stations. Amid all of these chaos, the country's top leadership has vowed to "win the war" against infection with its scientific and effective epidemic control policy that will stand the test of time.

 

 

The strict lockdown, and imposing restrictions indicate that China's much-publicized "zero-covid" strategy that the government credited for bringing the country out of the pandemic till recently is falling apart as the rapidly mounting cases are again forcing mass lockdowns like those seen in 2020.

 

 

As the pandemic is still raging across the world and the coronavirus keeps mutating, there is a great deal of uncertainty concerning how the pandemic will develop, according to the meeting, which warned against any slackening in the control efforts. They stressed the importance of unswervingly adhering to the zero-COVID policy and resolutely fighting any attempts to distort, question or dismiss China's COVID policy.