2023

"Covid catastrophe looms for China’s New Year travelers"

"The sudden dismantling of China’s Covid Zero restrictions in December means hundreds of millions of people are headed home for the Lunar New Year holiday for the first time since 2019. The crush of travel risks supercharging the world’s biggest Covid outbreak, spreading it to every corner of the country.

'There is a lot of jubilation around going home to celebrate the Chinese New Year, but that could also bring about tragedy for a lot of families,' said Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health."

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