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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Verna Yu

Is China finally about to relax its zero-Covid policy?

People line up for a PCR test for COVID-19 in Chaoyang
People line up for a PCR test for Covid-19 in Chaoyang, Beijing. Photograph: Wu Hao/EPA

In the strongest sign so far that China is rolling back on its long-running zero-Covid policy, the national health commission said that people with Covid-19 who have mild or no symptoms can quarantine at home. The directive also instructed officials to halt temporary lockdowns and ended testing and health code requirements for people entering Beijing.

Is this the end of China’s “dynamic zero-Covid” policy?

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