BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next day abruptly relaxed the policy that made the world’s most populous country an outlier …
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By Ella Cao and Ryan Woo BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next day abruptly relaxed the policy that made the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is set to announce new measures to further ease some of the world’s toughest COVID-19 restrictions as early as Wednesday, sources told Reuters, with investors cheering the prospect of changes after widespread protests and growing economic damage. The zero-COVID policy to eradicate transmission has become a global aberration as most countries …
China’s strict zero COVID policy has complicated the global economic recovery. The country tried to eliminate all cases of COVID-19, but three years later frequent shutdowns and strict quarantine guidelines led to food shortages, delayed health care and mental health issues. Ongoing citizen frustrations reached a boiling point on November 24, when protests erupted after …
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