China COVID: Residents paying price for not having exit plan for ‘zero covid’

China COVID: Residents paying price for not having exit plan for ‘zero covid’

Hong Kong/Shanghai: At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7. Patients quarrel with doctors to access drugs that are in short supply, like cough medicines and painkillers. Medics are overloaded; infected staff continue to work because of a … Read more