BEIJING: Barely a week in, China’s lighter-touch Covid Zero policy is already running into trouble.
Surging infections are threatening to overwhelm some of the country’s biggest and most important cities, with local officials stymied over how to control the contagion without the usual tools of mass citywide testing and snap lockdowns. Three Covid deaths in the capital of Beijing, the first in more than six months, provided a reality check for the population that’s been shielded from the pathogen by the stringent approach.
