Doctors warn of paralysis of China's healthcare during a new

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Beijing has failed to prepare for the outbreak of COVID-19 that will follow the easing of quarantine restrictions, the Financial Times writes, citing Chinese doctors interviewed by the newspaper this month. “The medical system is likely to be paralyzed when it encounters mass diseases,” said one of the interlocutors at the Wuhan State Hospital.

The Financial Times reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping was warned by medical and health officials of the problems in the hope that the Chinese leader would change his policy in the fight against COVID-19.

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According to experts, the main reason that could lead to a collapse is the COVID Zero policy (assumes tough lockdowns, including million-plus cities, and mass compulsory testing for coronavirus. -). Experts said that this policy has led China not to prioritize the creation of a reliable prevention of a mass outbreak, but to focus on containment. As a result, the necessary resources were not channeled into preparing for the treatment of the most vulnerable populations. According to the FT, only 40% of Chinese over 80 have received three shots of the domestically produced vaccine. As a result, Beijing has created a situation in which the country will inevitably face another wave of COVID-19 in an attempt to ease restrictions.

“The new wave of disease that will occur if restrictions are eased is just a huge number of cases in a short period of time,” said Ben Kowloon, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong. An increase in the number of infected people could put an excessive burden on China's medical system, which it will not be able to cope with.

China is pursuing a policy of zero tolerance for the pandemic (COVID Zero). Such a course involves the introduction of quarantine and a hard lockdown in areas where an increase in the incidence has been detected, as well as the widespread wearing of personal protective equipment. The authorities are carefully monitoring the movement of citizens in areas where quarantine has been introduced, and are suspending public transport. The rest of the countries did not impose such severe restrictions as the closure of entire cities, and canceled the measures introduced at the time of the decline in the incidence.

The WHO suggested that COVID-19 could become a seasonal disease that would recur every year and criticized China's policy. The organization considered that such a strategy undermines stability due to the negative impact on human rights and the economy and stated the need to move to a different policy.

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On November 11, China's National Health Commission announced the easing of anti-COVID restrictions and introduced 20 amendments to the previous policy. The quarantine period has been reduced for people who have been in contact with the sick, as well as for those arriving from other countries. Also, the authorities will no longer track the so-called secondary contacts, that is, contacts not with the sick person, but with those who contacted him.

The official number of cases in China rose sharply in mid-autumn. According to WHO statistics, as of November 14, 91 thousand cases of infection and 253 deaths were recorded there.

On November 16, a lockdown was declared in the city of Guangzhou, which led to a riot. Dissatisfied people took to the streets and demolished the fences that the authorities had put up to prevent the spread of the disease. In the spring, a similar lockdown was introduced in Shanghai, which also sparked protests.