https://www.scmp.com/rss/509952/feed Dr Nicholas Thomas coordinates the CLASS One Health research cluster at City University of Hong Kong. He has previously published on Sars, bird flu, health governance, and anti-microbial resistance. Dr Thomas is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As China moves to reopen its borders with the rest of the world, it faces a difficult choice. So far, the state narrative has been focused on the eradication of Covid-19 as a key indicator of legitimacy. In terms of case/fatality ratios relative to its population size, China has been very successful indeed. The problem for China is that most of the world has not adopted a similar approach. Instead, most countries have developed a strategy of simply coping with the virus while trying to minimise... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3136055/how-china-can-safely-open-its-borders-it-recovers-coronavirus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3136055/how-china-can-safely-open-its-borders-it-recovers-coronavirus?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jun 2021 22:45:08 +0000 The pandemic has split the world into two camps. One camp – represented by mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand – is pursuing a policy of Covid-19 eradication. This is their definition of success: zero or close to zero cases. The other camp – made up of most other countries – is trying to manage the pandemic: balancing economic and social demands against health necessities. For this camp, there is an acceptance that they will not be able to eradicate the virus though they... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3135219/borders-reopen-asias-zero-covid-economies-need-start-puzzling-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3135219/borders-reopen-asias-zero-covid-economies-need-start-puzzling-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 May 2021 20:00:11 +0000