The cost of China’s zero-Covid policy

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Millions of people have been locked down in China for weeks, as the country battles a surge in Omicron cases, with a zero-Covid policy. We follow one young woman’s journey across the country as she tries to reach her home in central China amid layers of bureaucracy and travel restrictions. We hear how the lockdown is causing some major disruptions to the Chinese economy from Julian Evans-Pritchard, a China Analyst at Capital Economics. Businessman Kent Kedl, who works at a Shanghai based risk consultancy firm, tells us what business – and life – has been like in lockdown. And US-based epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding explains the advantages and disadvantages of China's Covid policies. Presenter/Producer: Vivienne Nunis Picture: Reuters (person sits behind barrier)