Let it rip: China's new approach to overcome coronavirus cases

Gives up counting of Covid cases; Xi and top Chinese leadership to hold key economic meeting as cases spike

China seems to be embracing a fast and explosive Covid reopening, according to Bloomberg Intelligence’s chief pharmaceutical analyst, an approach that’s baffling observers given the vast country’s vulnerabilities. “Logic doesn’t seem to apply here,” Sam Fazeli said. 

China’s mindset since pivoting away from the Covid Zero containment approach is “there’s not so much we can do, we’ve done the best we can. We’ve got the blueprint for what the West did and what happened, so let’s just let it rip,” Fazeli said. 

China will also stop releasing comprehensive data on new Covid cases after the dropping of mandatory testing meant the numbers