Cut The Clutter: Covid returns to China, Xi Govt struggle as numbers explode & epidemiologists see 1-2m deaths

Almost 3 years after the 1st confirmed Covid case in Wuhan, China is tackling a Covid crisis like never before. A new Omicron variant BF.7 is spreading fast with number of cases rising rapidly. Epidomiologists say 800 million people in the country could be infected with the virus over the next few months. Is Xi's zero-covid policy wreaking havoc in the country now and 'vaccine nationalism' combined with the low efficacy of Chinese vaccines, key contributing factors? Watch Episode 1136 of ThePrint #CutTheClutter where Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta decodes the virus' latest resurgence. Brought to you by  @KiaInd  ----more----Watch IHME Director Christopher Murray's video here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LdW6zSQJVTI&feature=share----more----Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/11/economists-hail-end-to-zero-covid-in-china-but-huge-human-toll-is-feared----more----https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/18/china-covid-model-deaths/----more----https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/china-rushes-to-boost-intensive-care-beds-doctors-and-stocks-of-medicine-as-covid-surges----more----https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/world/asia/china-zero-covid-xi-jinping.html----more----https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/15/1143002538/china-appears-to-be-facing-what-could-be-the-world-s-largest-coronavirus-outbrea----more----https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63944861