Xinhua Commentary: China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy continues yielding positive results

Beijing: China’s epidemic control policy has proved to be sciencebased and effective, continuously yielding positive results in containing COVID-19.

China is a populous country of some 1.4 billion people, with about 267 million aged 60 and above.

It is necessary and important for China to use the dynamic zero-COVID policy to defend its large number of vulnerable elderly people.

Considering the disparities between different regions in terms of development and medical resources, any relaxation of epidemic prevention and control would undoubtedly lead to widespread infections, and consequently a huge number of severe cases and deaths.

China’s dynamic zero-COVID approach does not necessitate the elimination of all infections nationwide, but instead focuses on detecting and controlling the cases as early as possible, and taking measures to cut off transmission at the community level.