In the face of the pandemic, officials everywhere made use of existing systems of limiting migration and strengthened borders between provinces and cities. From the hukou system to limits on home and vehicle purchases in cities, modern China has always been deeply wary of internal migration for both economic and political reasons. In addition, one factor that deserves more attention is the effects of internal borders on the implementation of zero-covid in China. Chinese officials have reason to be more wary of reopening than peers in regions with similar vaccination rates, because inactivated vaccines are less potent and studies have shown that immunity acquired from CoronaVac and Sinopharm vaccines appears to wane rapidly at the moment, local authorities are rolling out different booster-shot policies across the country. Relatively few Chinese have received either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines (based on mRNA), which are widely recognized as the most effective options. Most of the administered doses have been CoronaVac and Sinopharm vaccines (both based on inactivated viruses, rather than mRNA), which have been crucial in the global fight against Covid-19 - almost half of all vaccines administered globally so far have been Chinese vaccines.
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More than 70% of Chinese residents have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of September this year, a figure that compares well with many other major countries. Especially given new variants emerging abroad and the shocking death tolls suffered by many developed nations, Chinese citizens overwhelmingly consider themselves lucky.ĭisparities in vaccine options and access are important to consider as well. Even with the possibility of being isolated from the rest of the world for years, many Chinese people are supportive of strict quarantines, mass testing, and other elimination efforts owing to their effectiveness. One widely covered reason for such a stance is that extremely low Covid rates have become a point of pride in the increasingly nationalistic country. While most other nations with sufficient vaccines have begun treading the difficult balance between an acceptable level of infections and reopening measures, China remains committed to a strategy of complete elimination. In the last month China has been repeatedly described as the world’s last major “zero-covid” country.
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