How does China have so few Covid cases?

Question

According to Google, all of China only has 10&rsquo;s to a couple hundred new cases per day:https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+rates+in+China

ArchD · Accepted Answer

- Very stringent location-specific lockdowns (e.g. an entire block) as infections are detected.
- Proactive testing and detection. E.g. many places like malls or hospitals require visitors to show a green code on a tracking app in their phone indicating that they are safe.
- Border that is almost closed with extreme quarantine requirements for visitors and quotas for incoming visitors
The Chinese government is able to do the first 2 because of their tight control on people and organizations.

rshnotsecure · Answer

At the local level, despite Beijing's efforts, there is just very little incentive to report the actual numbers. This adds up, and has a feedback loop as provinces compete to have fewer and fewer cases.The actual numbers are potentially much higher.

tatrajim · Answer

Read _The Naked Sun_ by Asimov for a proximate answer. Glorious isolation as a solution to all the ills of messy civilization.

How does China have so few Covid cases?

According to Google, all of China only has 10’s to a couple hundred new cases per day:
https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+rates+in+China

At the local level, despite Beijing's efforts, there is just very little incentive to report the actual numbers. This adds up, and has a feedback loop as provinces compete to have fewer and fewer cases.
The actual numbers are potentially much higher.

Read _The Naked Sun_ by Asimov for a proximate answer. Glorious isolation as a solution to all the ills of messy civilization.