Authorities in SW China’s Guizhou urge to set up a probe team, hold those liable for a deadly crash of COVID quarantine bus that kills 27
Global TimesSep 15, 2022
27 people died and 20 were injured in China when a COVID quarantine bus in the southwest province of Guizhou "flipped onto its side," according to local police.
Only two people have reportedly died from COVID in Guizhou province since the pandemic started. China's "zero-COVID" policy includes mass testing, tracking, and isolating those infected and their close contacts.
While authorities must pursue the cause of the accident and those at fault must bare responsibility and the consequences, quarantine transfer is an important tool in preventing and controlling the virus. Steps must be taken to correct mistakes, but that doesn't mean the zero-COVID quarantines are the root cause.
Although PRC officials rushed to erase online outrage, there is growing resentment toward the zero-COVID policy which continues to show little sign of long-term success. The situation regarding this "quarantine bus" shows a potential disregard for health and safety and indicates that zero-COVID deserves to be critiqued.
There's a 50% chance that China will end its zero-Covid policy before 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.