Well, China was already on total lockdown way ahead of any other country in the world. When the rest of the world was doing their usual day to day business, China was already very much aware of how the virus is a world more infectious than other viruses. And by the time the rest of the world realized things are getting serious and started to act on it, China has already built hospitals, ramped up production of health equipment and other efforts to curb the spread, and so on.
I think this is one of the plans of China to dominate the market as they want US to suffer from this crisis. China was prepared and ready to handle this virus once this was spread really fast in their country, and it is so suspicious that they already overcome it and they flattened the curve for only 4 months. Their actions are really fast and it is really obvious that it is planned and I think that they already have the vaccine, they just don't share it as soon as possible for them to dominate the economy.
Furthermore, the country's totalitarian system cannot be overemphasized in their relative success in controlling the spread of COVID-19. When the leaders say stay at home, everybody stays at home. When the leaders order shops and everything to close down, everything will follow. When the leaders say gatherings are not allowed, there are no gatherings. And when the leaders say farmers should continue producing food despite the lockdown, they submit without a question asked. The populace is fully subservient to their leaders. Well, at least in times of pandemic, this must help a lot.
When the government told them no to go outside, people should follow the law so that the spread of the virus becomes slow and the rate of transmission becomes smaller. One of the factors and the reason why the number of cases in a certain country suddenly increase is because of the people who are not disciplined enough to stay at home.
For example, in US, the government underestimated the power of the virus that it can kill a lot of people, most especially, elders. President Trump doesn't care at first and he mocked the virus and his racist personality prevail in making actions to fight the virus. That's why the number of cases in their country is getting nearer to 1 million cases.
On the contrary, where people have freedom, they party when gatherings are not allowed. They go to the streets when staying at home is highly advised. And where democracy works, responses are snail-paced, bureaucracy is vibrant, and urgent interventions always come late.
People should know that laws are implemented just for the sake of their security and safety from the virus and yet, they don't follow the orders of the authority and that's why people should be punished if they are caught having some gathering in the midst of this Covid-19 pandemic. This will help them to become discipline and make them follow the rules because of the fear of sanctions.