China rolls back strict Covid rules after protests
Officials say asymptomatic and mild cases will no longer be forced into state quarantine centres.
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Officials say asymptomatic and mild cases will no longer be forced into state quarantine centres.
Beijing/Shanghai, Dec. 7 (EFE).- The leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), during a meeting, called to “optimize” anti-pandemic measures during the coming year as the country begins to relax several restrictions under its the “Zero-Covid” policy, state media reported Wednesday. The 24-member CPC Politburo, chaired by President Xi Jinping, stressed that China will …
China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
An orderly end to the nation's ostensible lockdown is China's only path toward health or civil obedience.
BEIJING — China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker. But they have yet to say when they might end