“Zero-COVID” requires lockdowns when new cases are identified. But it’s an unsustainable concept, says William Kirby, a professor of China Studies at Harvard University.<\/p>\n
\nThere is no such thing as ‘zero-COVID.’ As the Omicron variant spreads to China’s capital city, Beijing, the question is not if, but when and how, China will begin to ‘live with COVID-19’ rather than continue to impose endless lockdowns,”<\/strong> Kirby wrote in a June op-ed published in Science<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nKirby believes China must do away with “zero-COVID,” and there’s hope it will do so in the coming months. The professor says “a self-isolating China is a threat to itself and a loss to the world.”<\/p>\n
“China’s deep respect for science still provides an opening for better collaboration with the West in COVID-19 and future pandemics,” Kirby concluded.<\/p>\n
While Macau’s gaming revenue has recovered to only about 18% of its 2019 level, casinos in the Philippines<\/a> and Singapore have respectively rebounded to 79% and 68% of their pre-pandemic business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Macau casinos have done their best to soften the financial impact of COVID-19 on their workforces. But with China upholding its “zero-COVID” policy and the sprawling resorts remaining nearly lifeless, job cuts continue. Last Friday, Macau’s Statistics and Census Service revealed that the gaming industry’s labor numbers continue to decline. The six casino operators combined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":231442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,81881],"tags":[82061,51],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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