Medical workers in protective suits check on a child patient as they conduct ward rounds at Shanghai New International Exhibition Hall, which has been turned into a makeshift Covid-19 hospital in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
Medical workers in protective suits check on a child patient as they conduct ward rounds at Shanghai New International Exhibition Hall, which has been turned into a makeshift Covid-19 hospital in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus pandemic
China /  Science

No home isolation for mild Covid-19 cases, China’s chief epidemiologist says

  • Even asymptomatic patients risk spreading the disease or becoming badly ill, Wu Zunyou says
  • Dynamic zero tolerance remains the country’s best option, he says

Josephine Ma
Josephine Ma

Updated: 8:00am, 13 Apr, 2022

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Medical workers in protective suits check on a child patient as they conduct ward rounds at Shanghai New International Exhibition Hall, which has been turned into a makeshift Covid-19 hospital in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
Medical workers in protective suits check on a child patient as they conduct ward rounds at Shanghai New International Exhibition Hall, which has been turned into a makeshift Covid-19 hospital in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
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