Optimizing the dynamic zero-COVID policy in China

Wei Bai; Sha Sha; Teris Cheung; Zhaohui Su; Todd Jackson; Yu-Tao Xiang

doi:10.7150/ijbs.75699

Optimizing the dynamic zero-COVID policy in China

Int J Biol Sci. 2022 Aug 21;18(14):5314-5316. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.75699. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Wei Bai^{1

2

3}, Sha Sha⁴, Teris Cheung⁵, Zhaohui Su⁶, Todd Jackson⁷, Yu-Tao Xiang^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, & Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China.
² Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China.
³ Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China.
⁴ The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital & the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
⁵ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁶ School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
⁷ Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, China.

Abstract

There has been no consensus about the best public health strategy for managing COVID-19 due to differences in sociocultural, political and economic contexts between countries. The central government of China has emphasized the importance of maintaining the dynamic zero-COVID policy in combating resurgences of new variants. To optimize the dynamic zero-COVID policy for future COVID-19 outbreaks in China, this article outlines a comprehensive strategy that should be considered.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
China / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Policy
Public Health