Prognosis
China Outbreak Reaches Six Provinces as Omicron Takes Hold
- Omicron has spread to three cities, disrupted production
- Delta is still causing flareups elsewhere in the country
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China is the only major country in the world still aggressively trying to eliminate Covid-19, despite mutations that allow the virus to evade vaccine protection and penetrate even stringent curbs. It’s getting harder: the Covid Zero country hasn’t reported zero new local daily infections since mid-October.
Here’s a roundup of where the virus is once again breaching defenses: