EDITORIAL: Govts must rise to stop resurging Covid-19 wave
Hassan Arosi receives his Covid vaccine during the launch of Accelerated Covid-19 Vaccination for Nairobi County at Kibera Level 3 Hospital on June 2, 2022. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG
Barely a week after the much anticipated opening up, Chinese authorities have ordered a new lockdown in a district in Shanghai city. For a major economy such as China to enforce a zero Covid policy, its experience with the pandemic is a cautionary signal for other countries on what to do and what not to do. The policy has contained the potential spread but has not eliminated the risk of future outbreaks.
These will be valuable lessons as East Africa faces a new wave of Covid-19 infections. Across the region, health authorities have in the past couple weeks issued alerts about the return of the virus. All the conditions for its rapid spread are in place.
