Residents of dozens of Chinese cities now have to get tested for COVID-19 every few days if they want to lead a normal life. Experts say it's the only way to achieve the government's goal of 'COVID-zero'.
Professor Shi said most local governments were already running budget deficits and would end up passing the costs on."Eventually, the costs will fall upon the individual person."
The owner of a company in Jiangsu which produces COVID testing booths, who wants to be known as Mr Du, told the ABC he was doing well out of the policy. George Liu, a public health expert at La Trobe University, said frequent and mass PCR testing may be China's "only way" to achieve its COVID-zero policy because the Omicron variant was so transmissible.
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