Global experts deem dynamic zero-COVID approach best choice for China

STORY: Global experts deem dynamic zero-COVID approach best choice for China DATELINE: April 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: various of anti-pandemic effortsSOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenyan international relations scholarSOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAHZAD ALI KHAN, Vice Chancellor, Pakistan's Health Services AcademySOUNDBITE 3 (English): MEBRATU MASSEBO, Ethiopia's National COVID-19 Response Task Force Coordinator STORYLINE: In response to sporadic outbreaks in some 30 provincial areas in the country since March, China has been adhering to a dynamic zero-COVID approach, taking swift and precise actions to curb new cases while treating the infected. Many experts have said the approach remains the optimal choice. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenyan international relations scholar "I think one important lesson that one can learn from China's strategy to contain the pandemic is that the zero-COVID strategy works. Since the onset of the pandemic, China