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China can return to normalcy when COVID19 fatality rate drops to 0.1%: top medical expert
By Global Times Published: Dec 05, 2021 11:46 AM
Zhong Nanshan Photo:VCG
Chinese top respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan has responded to the question on when China can return to normalcy, proposing two prerequisites - if fatality rate of COVID-19 drops to around 0.1 percent, and when R0 (R naught), which is the basic reproduction number also known as basic reproduction ratio, is between 1 and 1.5.
To this end, the whole population in China must take vaccination and establish herd immunity, the normalized community mass prevention and control must be carried out, and an effective treatment should be developed, Zhong said at the 2nd Greater Bay Area (Shenzhen) Vaccine Summit on Saturday.
Zhong revealed that he had attended a meeting of the WHO where a document said that each country and region roughly adopted four measures to deal with the coronavirus: one was strong control, the second was suppression, the third was containment, and the fourth was that individual countries did not take any measures, the People's Daily reported on Saturday...
China can return to normalcy when COVID19 fatality rate drops to 0.1%: top medical expert
By Global Times Published: Dec 05, 2021 11:46 AM
Zhong Nanshan Photo:VCG
Chinese top respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan has responded to the question on when China can return to normalcy, proposing two prerequisites - if fatality rate of COVID-19 drops to around 0.1 percent, and when R0 (R naught), which is the basic reproduction number also known as basic reproduction ratio, is between 1 and 1.5.
To this end, the whole population in China must take vaccination and establish herd immunity, the normalized community mass prevention and control must be carried out, and an effective treatment should be developed, Zhong said at the 2nd Greater Bay Area (Shenzhen) Vaccine Summit on Saturday.
Zhong revealed that he had attended a meeting of the WHO where a document said that each country and region roughly adopted four measures to deal with the coronavirus: one was strong control, the second was suppression, the third was containment, and the fourth was that individual countries did not take any measures, the People's Daily reported on Saturday...