FCCC Talk: How long can China keep up its ‘zero Covid’ strategy?

While many countries are cautiously opening their borders and relying on high vaccination rates, China is one of the few to persist with a ‘zero Covid’ policy. How long can it hold out given the high socioeconomic costs of such a method and the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant?

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Ivan Hung, Professor in Health Sciences Pedagogy, Chief of Infectious Diseases Division, University of Hong Kong. Professor Hung is a dual-specialist in Infectious Disease and Gastroenterology & Hepatology and has published more than 150 international peer reviewed original articles. His research includes vaccines, innovative treatment of severe influenza and prevention of pneumococcal infection. He is the Board and Founding Member of the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders.