China: 1,6-million will die without strict Covid curbs. WHO: Nonsense

Immunity induced by the country’s March vaccination campaign will be insufficient to prevent a wave: experts

11 May 2022 - 19:36 By Peter Vercoe

China risks a “tsunami” of coronavirus infections, resulting in 1.6-million deaths, if the government abandons its long-held Covid-zero policy and allows the highly infectious Omicron variant to spread unchecked, according to researchers at Shanghai’s Fudan University.  ..

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