Shanghai maintains 'zero-COVID' policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable
The leader of the World Health Organization says he doesn't think that a 'zero-COVID' strategy is sustainable, given the behavior of the virus.
BEIJING â Shanghai reaffirmed Wednesday it will maintain the "zero-COVID" approach to eliminate a waning outbreak in China's largest city after the head of the World Health Organization said it was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies.
While progress has been made, relaxing prevention and control measures could allow the virus to rebound, deputy director of Shanghai's Center for Disease Control Wu Huanyu told reporters.
"At the same time, now is also the most difficult and critical moment for our city to achieve zero-COVID," Wu said at a daily
