Sometime back there was a forward doing the rounds on WhatsApp that finally Covid has decided to: Work From Home, referring to the surge in Covid cases in China and to the fact that as commonly believed the virus commenced its journey around the world from that country and it had gone back finally. However, it is surprising that with rigid government control and their 'Zero Covid' policy towards the virus, China who was so successful in controlling the spread of the pandemic in the initial stages and during successive waves should now fail to bring the current surge under control. Newspaper reports and pictures show deserted streets in Beijing which highlights the risk to the world of the pandemic getting ready for yet another circumnavigation of the world from where it all started in the first place. This will be a disaster and it is high time that China got its act together to bring the virus under control.
