APACMed 2020: Dynamic China Market Will Heed COVID-19 Lessons For System Improvement In '21

29 Oct 2020

To the watching world, China dealt quickly and firmly with COVID-19. Seen from within, the health care system is still adapting to the pandemic, but the government is taking the longer view.

Ten months after COVID-19 struck in China, local life is more or less back to normal, and social life and school routines are no longer heavily impacted by the virus. But although there are very few new cases of infection reported daily, the health care system remains significantly affected.

Hospital patients must be COVID-19 tested prior to entry, have temperature checks and make written declarations. At the same time,...