How long will China’s zero-Covid policy hold out as Omicron rages around the world?

China’s no-holds-barred approach should be able to keep the highly transmissible Omicron variant from exploding within its borders, but the country will still need a long-term strategy as Covid-19 looks set to become endemic, analysts have warned.This comes as China battles the spread of the disease in Xian, the capital of northwestern Shaanxi province, with nearly 1,700 people sickened in two weeks in the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic two years ago.New…

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