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Shanghai is entering its third week in a strict lockdown as part of China's battle to contain its biggest Covid-19 outbreak since coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan in late 2019.

Dr Eric Feigl-Ding is an epidemiologist and a Covid expert committee member for the World Health Organization. He says China鈥檚 zero Covid policy is 鈥渁t a tipping point鈥�. He tells Newsday: 鈥淚f they don鈥檛 control covid鈥� it could kill hundreds of thousands if not millions鈥� this could actually break down the core social contract鈥� and the world鈥檚 global supply chain.

He says: 鈥淚t is in our interest that China succeeds in controlling this.鈥�

*This article has been updated to more accurately reflect the contributor's views.

(Picture: Workers wearing protective gear sort bags of vegetables and groceries on a truck to distribute them to residents at a residential compound in Shanghai, China April 5, 2022. Credit: China Daily via Reuters)