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01-12-2021, 07:20 AM
The new Omicron COVID variant detected in South Africa won't affect China at present, despite its faster spread rates, Shanghai's top coronavirus expert said on Sunday.
China's rapid response and dynamic Zero-COVID strategy can cope with all kinds of COVID variants, including the newly popped up Omicron, said Dr Zhang Wenhong, the head of Shanghai's COVID-19 treatment team.
"With science and unity, China can handle the Omicron variant, the same as the contagious Delta variant that we've contained its spread," Zhang said in an article titled "Shanghai enters final stage of epidemic" on his Weibo microblog account.
https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2111288778/
China's rapid response and dynamic Zero-COVID strategy can cope with all kinds of COVID variants, including the newly popped up Omicron, said Dr Zhang Wenhong, the head of Shanghai's COVID-19 treatment team.
"With science and unity, China can handle the Omicron variant, the same as the contagious Delta variant that we've contained its spread," Zhang said in an article titled "Shanghai enters final stage of epidemic" on his Weibo microblog account.
https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2111288778/
