Brooke Sample, Columnist

The End of Covid Zero and the Rise of the ‘Kraken’

Just as China leaves Covid Zero behind, a resurgence in cases spoils its reopening efforts — and even threatens global security.

January 8, 2023 at 1:00 PM UTC

By Brooke Sample

Brooke Sample is an editor for Bloomberg Opinion and member of the editorial board. She was previously an editor at Metal Bulletin, Bauer Media Group and the Virginian-Pilot.

South Korea isn’t taking chances.
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Sooner or later, we were bound to get a Covid-19 strain with a nickname with Hollywood bona fides. Lo and behold: the “kraken variant.”