Although the policy has largely prevented mass hospitalisations, the strict pandemic restrictions face increasing economic and societal pressure, with falling productivity, growing unemployment, and what some observers liken to mass surveillance of its population.

On the Sky News Daily with Sally Lockwood, our Asia correspondent Helen-Ann Smith details the strict Zero COVID policy in China, and Cindy Yu, host of the Chinese Whispers podcast, explains the reasoning behind the country's rules.

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