How China is trying to save its “zero Covid” Olympics

ATWhen the Beijing Winter Olympics are due to open on February 4, China holds its breath to prevent the event from collapsing the great health wall that has been established between the country and the rest of the world for almost two years. year. The Games will take place, even if it means bringing the country to a standstill. Already the organizers have canceled ticket sales on Monday, and the public will only be made up of handpicked guests. The world thus discovers with dismay the radical measures applied to prevent any reintroduction of the virus in the country of 1.4 billion inhabitants. Metropolises of millions of inhabitants are sealed off at the slightest case detected, and foreign delegations are subject to a drastic health protocol, not being able to circulate…