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Did China fail with its zero-COVID strategy?

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July 2, 2022

DW's Daniel Satra travels to China to get a sense of the country's COVID-19 strategy. What he found is constant mandatory testing, workers dealing with lockdowns and severe isolation rules. The government's strategy even affected his own reporting.

Why does the reporter's COVID smartphone app keep jumping from green to yellow, requiring yet another PCR test and hours of waiting? The regulations have also had an untold effect on locals, but those he speaks to seem convinced the rules are for their own protection.

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