China loosens nationwide Covid curbs
China yesterday announced a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms.
Under the new guidelines, some asymptomatic and mild cases of Covid-19 can now quarantine at home, ending a requirement that all positive cases be isolated in centralised government facilities.
Mandatory mass testing -- long a tedious mainstay of life in zero-Covid China -- will be restricted to "high-risk" areas and schools, , the National Health Commission (NHC) said.
People travelling between provinces will also no longer require a negative test.
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