After almost three years of restrictions, many will return home to be with family, sparking concerns of a surge in infections
ora Wang* longs to see her family over lunar new year, but despite the recent scrapping of Covid travel restrictions acrossshe has decided against travelling the 286 miles from Beijing to her home city, Dalian, in the north-east.
But this year, after China effectively abandoned its zero-Covid policy amid a surge in case numbers, there are widespread worries that the lunar new year rush could fuel even more rapid transmission of Covid, particularly in rural areas where there are fewer medical facilities and health workers, and less medicine and money for care.
Those living outside mainland China are reluctant to return home while expats living in China are avoiding going home in case they might spread Covid.Photograph: VCG/Getty Images “I’m not very worried about the risks of getting Covid. I feel it’s just a matter of time,” said Mei who works in Beijing but has booked a flight back to Taipei in mid-January.
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