China's U-turn in its COVID-19 policy

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; School of Public Policy, London School of Economics, London, UK.
² Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: antoine.flahault@unige.ch.

Editorial

Olwen Wilson et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;42(2):101197.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2023.101197. Epub 2023 Jan 13.

¹ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; School of Public Policy, London School of Economics, London, UK.
² Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: antoine.flahault@unige.ch.

No abstract available

Keywords: Covid-19; Public policy; Zero Covid.

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