China

COVID Spreading Much Faster in China Than Health Officials Feared

TAKEN BY SURPRISE

China’s former chief epidemiologist admits, “We didn’t expect the first wave to be this vehement” after Beijing dropped its “zero-COVID” policy.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

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