Yes, at this point they had cleared the largest outbreak in Wuhan that lead to ~4000 deaths in 2020 and were still protecting the population through lockdowns, mass testing of entire cities after single digit cases, and had high levels of public masking when not in lockdowns. COVID had not yet evolved into the more virulent Omicron strain, so these measures were even more effective than with the COVID strains we’re seeing today. They literally saved millions of lives, as we can see from the results elsewhere in the world.
Yes, at this point they had cleared the largest outbreak in Wuhan that lead to ~4000 deaths in 2020 and were still protecting the population through lockdowns, mass testing of entire cities after single digit cases, and had high levels of public masking when not in lockdowns. COVID had not yet evolved into the more virulent Omicron strain, so these measures were even more effective than with the COVID strains we’re seeing today. They literally saved millions of lives, as we can see from the results elsewhere in the world.