Prognosis
Cautious China Keeps Borders Shut Despite Mass Vaccination Drive
- There’s no road-map to reopen despite furious pace of rollout
- Playbook of lockdowns, mass testing, border curbs unchanged
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China is rolling out a world-leading 20 million Covid-19 vaccine doses a day, and more than 40% of the nation’s vast population has had at least one, homegrown shot. But as other countries move to reopen to the world, it seems to be in no hurry to turn the page on the pandemic.