This Monday, China reported highest daily Covid caseload in six months, despite grinding lockdowns which has seriously disrupted manufacturing, education and day-to-day life of mass people.
However, Beijing is hopeful that its strict zero-Covid policy, in which spot lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing are employed to quash outbreaks might be minimized soon.
But a torrent of lockdown-related scandals where residents have complained of inadequate conditions, food shortages and delayed emergency medical care have chipped away at public confidence.
China logged over 5,600 new Covid cases Monday and almost half in Guangdong province which is a manufacturing hub.
China's National Health Commission vowed Saturday to "unswervingly" stick to zero-Covid, dashing a major stock market rally last week on the back of unsubstantiated rumours that Beijing would imminently loosen its strict virus policy.
