Mr. Xi Jinping is confident that ‘zero-Covid’ will help Shanghai overcome challenges

A residential area in Shanghai was locked down on May 5 reuters

Chairing the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China on May 5, Mr Xi Jinping urges the people under them to stay steadfast and not be swayed by any external pressure at this time.

According to CCTV, citing the leader, China will win the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic in China Shanghaijust as this country has done in Wuhan.

Shanghai with a population of 25 million is continuing to be locked down after more than a month because of the high epidemic. On May 6, this city recorded 12 deaths from Covid-19 within 24 hours. Shanghai is now the epicenter of the most serious outbreak in China in more than two years.

At the meeting, the Standing Committee said that the number of Covid-19 cases remained high and Coronavirus New strains constantly mutate. This shows that the direction of the epidemic is currently unpredictable.

President Xi vowed to smash any attempt to “distort, question and challenge” the country’s anti-Covid-19 policies.

China is one of the few countries that has so far continued to maintain a zero-Covid policy (wipe out infections in the community), while most of the rest of the world. world begin to live with the epidemic.

Nearly 600,000 people in Shanghai have tested positive for Covid-19 since March. As of May 5, nearly 19 million people are still under blockade.

At the meeting, the Standing Committee was also considering “other issues”, most likely related to personnel changes in Shanghai.

Since Shanghai became China’s new epidemic epicenter, the political future of Mr. Li Qiang, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, is becoming a hot topic of discussion.