Health authorities on Thursday issued two guidelines in tandem to help COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms recover at home and to properly monitor their health with test kits.
Centralized quarantine for COVID-19 patients has been made voluntary and the rule requiring a negative nucleic acid test result for domestic travel and entry to public venues has been scrapped.
The Chinese government has urged authorities at lower administrative levels to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates among those aged 60 and above by creating targeted plans, according to a notice outlining 10 measures released on Wednesday by the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism.