News Analysis In the past month, countries in the Asia-Pacific region have shifted their strategies to coexist with the CCP virus rather than eliminating it. Governments worldwide generally have two strategies towards the pandemic, “zero COVID” or “coexist with COVID.” However, the Delta variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus has a faster and stronger transmission ability than the original strain, which significantly increases the cost of eliminating the virus in countries. Under economic pressure and difficult trade-offs in response to the pandemic, many governments have gradually opted for “mitigation (coexist with COVID)” rather than “elimination (zero COVID).” New Zealand: Zero COVID No Longer a Goal On Oct. 4, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said at a press conference in Wellington that New Zealand would gradually cancel the zero COVID strategies that it has adhered to before. Instead, it will increase the vaccination rate and try to coexist …