China COVID crisis requires fast, comprehensive response

Economy risks slowing further as infections surge

20221219 Editorial China

Workers in protective suits transfer a body in a casket at a funeral home in Beijing on Dec. 17, when COVID-19 infections were soaring. © Reuters

At the Central Economic Work Conference last week, China's leaders settled on the country's economic policies for 2023. They also suggested relaxing the zero-COVID policy even further.

However, infections have spread far faster than expected and much of the public cannot even get medicine to treat fevers. Leaders need to implement comprehensive measures to address the crisis.

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