'Colossal' outbreak if China opens: study

By Kevin Yao
Updated November 28 2021 - 3:48pm, first published 3:46pm
China's daily new cases would near 640,000 if it adopted the US COVID-19 strategy, a study shows.
China's daily new cases would near 640,000 if it adopted the US COVID-19 strategy, a study shows.

China could face more than 630,000 COVID-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs, according to a study by Peking University mathematicians.

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