An epidemic control worker walks by a barricade outside a community under lockdown Source: Getty / Kevin Frayer
Soaring coronavirus cases in China and the ruling Communist Party's "zero-COVID" policy is forcing lockdowns across the country and creating unrest. Earlier this month the government announced that controls to subdue the spread of infections would be more targeted and less disruptive, but some western scientists believe this will be difficult because vaccine rates among the elderly aren't high enough.
Soaring coronavirus cases in China and the ruling Communist Party's "zero-COVID" policy is forcing lockdowns across the country and creating unrest. Earlier this month the government announced that controls to subdue the spread of infections would be more targeted and less disruptive, but some western scientists believe this will be difficult because vaccine rates among the elderly aren't high enough.
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