The global alarm caused by Vladimir Putin has displaced the persistence of a pandemic that has not yet been controlled in many parts of the world.
Some of its most serious effects, outside the health field, have to do with the supply chain and bottlenecks in global trade.
The omicron variant and its rapid expansion have forced the Chinese health authorities to decree massive confinements in two major cities but, above all, in Shenzhen, with 17.5 million inhabitants and a large technological hub in the country.
Non-essential jobs and much of public transport have been paralyzed, with very high and unpredictable costs.
The one-week confinement decreed has altered the logistics plans of large companies that operate there.
The situation threatens to prolong the strangulation of distribution, multiply delays in supplies and increase the price of products.
Although the gigantic port of Shenzhen continues to operate, other points in the supply chain have been affected, with warehouses closed and air or land transport made difficult by the frequency of covid tests that drivers must undergo.
The extreme zero covid policy in China adds uncertainties in a situation of runaway inflation and rising energy and food prices.
with closed warehouses and air or land transport made difficult by the frequency of covid tests that drivers must undergo.
The extreme zero covid policy in China adds uncertainties in a situation of runaway inflation and rising energy and food prices.
with closed warehouses and air or land transport made difficult by the frequency of covid tests that drivers must undergo.
The extreme zero covid policy in China adds uncertainties in a situation of runaway inflation and rising energy and food prices.
China follows the covid zero criteria to prevent the spread of the omicron from getting out of control.
The general confinement is decreed when the cases are barely counted by the dozens, with mandatory quarantines and successive rounds of PCR tests.
Until now, the countries that have applied it manage to contain it, but with the much more transmissible omicron variant, they are having much more difficulties.
The high proportion of asymptomatic cases makes it difficult to control contacts and the fact that in a population with high vaccination rates the effects of contagion are generally mild means that the balance between benefits and costs is no longer as clear as before.