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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Phillip Inman

INSANE: Imf warns china over cost of covid lockdowns - The Real Truth

Residents queue for Covid-19 tests in Anyang, Henan province, on Friday.
Residents queue for Covid-19 tests in Anyang, Henan province, on Friday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

China, the world’s second largest economy, should review its zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic or risk damaging the global recovery, according to the head of International Monetary Fund.

Kristalina Georgieva said Beijing should reassess the use of lockdowns to limit the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant since it became clear the harm to human health was less severe than the Delta variant.

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