Denmark is ahead of the strategy, as usual. China latest news, not good at all.
Denmark
https://www.sst.dk/en/english/corona-eng/status-of-the-epidemic/covid-19-updates-statistics-and-charts
Population, 5.9 million
Cases, + 1,484
Reinfections, 128
Hospitalised, 733
ICU, 13
Ventilated, 4
Deaths, 4
Over 12, 2 doses, 89%
Over 18, boosted, 76%
Denmark
February 1st
First country to remove all pandemic related domestic restrictions
(Virus was no longer considered a critical threat)
Tyra Grove Krause, director of infection preparedness, SSI
Let the new wave run through the population
With omicron, it is impossible to stop the spread of infection, even with severe restrictions
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/04/26/denmark-becomes-first-country-suspend-covid-vaccine-programme/
First country to suspend Covid-19 vaccination programme
From May 15th
May resume the programme after the summer
Danish Health Authority
Virus under control
High levels of vaccination
Drop in the number of new infections
Stabilising hospitalisation rates
Bolette Soborg, Chief physician
We plan to reopen the vaccination programme in the autumn.
This will be preceded by a thorough professional assessment of who and when to vaccinate and with which vaccines
China
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/04/26/china-got-covid-policy-wrong-millions-shunned-homegrown-vaccine/
Dr Yanzhong Huang, Council on Foreign Relations
They’re not even considering co-existence with the virus as an option right now
Dr Liang Wannian, head of expert panel
huge disaster if China relaxed restrictions
zero-Covid policy insurance for the 1.4 billion people
Background scandals
2018, Changchun Changsheng, violated standards in 250,000 doses of vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough
Hong Kong data
Two doses of Sinovac, 72% effective against severe or fatal Covid-19 for over 60s
Three doses, 98%
One month Chinese outbreak, 31,000 to 250,000 deaths.
Professor Steve Tsang, Chatham House
China’s low death demonstrate clear superiority
Zero-Covid is Xi’s policy
Xi does not make mistakes and cannot be seen to make mistakes
It cannot be changed unless Xi says otherwise
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