The lifting of restrictions has been followed by nationwide outbreaks - and online anger.
A sudden lifting of many of China's Covid restrictions has caused nationwide outbreaks - as well as confusion and anger on social media.
"There has been no preparation in the past three years, and all of a sudden the restrictions are lifted and you are allowed to go to work while ill - our lives are worthless like ants," a comment with 200 likes reads. "I had never had Covid in the past few years while living abroad, but got it several days after came back… Everyone I know is getting Covid and having a fever - so if you can stay out of the country recently, don't come back," one user on another popular social media platform Xiaohongshu wrote.
Some have shown the creative ways they navigate social-distancing while in the same household to avoid infecting relatives.Amid a national shortage of medicines, media have also sought to amplify stories of community spirit. News website The Paper, for example, has highlighted the call from a man to a government operator in Chengdu, whose throat is hoarse and is coughing down the phone.Social media platforms in China often seek to amplify positive news in the face of adversity in their lists of "trending" stories.
Nevertheless, stories of the health sector being overstrained have been evident. Thousands of retired medical workers have been brought back to the front line, as media have been reporting on "long queues" outside outpatient centres, and fever clinics being under "heavy pressure".
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