BEIJING — China on Wednesday announced the most sweeping changes to its resolute anti\u002DCOVID regime since the pandemic began three years ago, loosening rules…
The relaxation of rules, which includes allowing infected people with mild symptoms to quarantine at home and dropping testing for people traveling domestically, is the clearest sign yet Beijing is pivoting away from its zero-COVID policy to let people live with the disease.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“It’s time for our lives to return to normal, and for China to return to the world,” wrote one Weibo user. Shanghai was among the first to announce that it would put the new home quarantine guidelines in place and also remove rules on travelers entering the city. The Shanghai Disneyland theme park will reopen for visitors on Thursday.
Some analysts seized on a report on the meeting by official news agency Xinhua that lacked any mention of the “dynamic zero-COVID clearing” policy, which demands cases be brought down to zero as quickly as possible.Article content
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