zero COVID
No cases allowed
Zero COVID refers to a public health strategy aimed at completely eliminating transmission of COVID-19 within a population, rather than merely reducing or managing cases.
Countries pursuing zero COVID typically employed strict border controls, aggressive testing, contact tracing, and lockdowns in response to even small outbreaks.
China maintained its zero COVID policy longer than most nations.
The approach became politically contentious, with critics arguing it was unsustainable once highly transmissible variants emerged.
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- economic impactFinancial consequence of events
- exit strategyPreplanned departure method
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
circuit breaker · quarantine · civil liberties · isolation · mass testing · contact tracing · vaccine distribution · social equity · misinformation · social distancing · incubation period · case numbers · public health measures · political polarization · vaccination · healthcare infrastructure · travel restrictions · New Zealand
- China Policyone-child policy, Great Firewall, social credit, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward
- China diplomacyXi Jinping, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, foreign ministry, ambassador
- Modern ChinaDeng Xiaoping, Xi Jinping, economic reforms, economic zones, opening up
zero COVIDmitigation
Reduction of severity
let it rip · harm reduction · Swedish model · flattening the curve
zero COVIDanti-lockdown
Opposing mandatory closures
laissez-faire · Swedish model · open borders · open society · business as usual