Beijing may not be able to use the same 'authoritarian approaches' against omicron because this variant is unlike the others, says a top U.S. epidemiologist.
China's strict zero-Covid approach won't be able to limit the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant, according to a U.S. epidemiologist.
Beijing may not be able to use the same "authoritarian approaches" against omicron because the variant is unlike the others, Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, said on Friday.
CNBC on Friday requested comment from China's embassies in Washington, D.C., and Singapore, but had received no response at the time of this report's publication.in January, has doubled down on its zero-Covid strategy, in contrast to the growing number of countries that have shifted to living with the virus and lifting restrictions.
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