WASHINGTON — Two top U.S. health officials questioned China’s COVID Zero policy, saying it’s unlikely to rein in the virus on its own and makes little sense without an improved vaccination campaign to broaden immunity.
“It’s going to be very, very difficult for China to be able to contain this through their Zero COVID strategy,” Ashish Jha, President Joe Biden’s response coordinator for the pandemic, said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday.
Jha and Anthony Fauci, who has been Biden’s chief medical adviser and the face of the U.S. response for much of the pandemic, were responding to questions about protests against COVID-19 restrictions that spread across Chinese streets and universities as citizens vent anger at local officials and the ruling Communist Party.
