How life will change as China relaxes its COVID-19 restrictions
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How life will change as China relaxes its COVID-19 restrictions

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China is rolling back on its tough zero-COVID policy after the curbs sparked unprecedented protests. The need for frequent mass testing has also been scrapped China rolled back its tough COVID rules on Wednesday, after the restrictions sparked popular unrest and hammered the world’s second-largest economy. Here are some of the major changes announced by Beijing’s National Health Commission: Home quarantine People infected with COVID but with mild or no symptoms can now isolate at home rather than in state-managed facilities. Virus controls must also not prevent people from accessing emergency medical treatment, it added, after a string of deaths tied to hospitals turning down patients without negative COVID tests. Most cities previously also required residents to have a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours to ride public transport or even enter a public park — rules that no longer apply.

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