China eased some pandemic controls, as the country’s leaders seek to lessen the pain of a stringent zero-Covid policy that has exacted a heavy economic toll and stoked rising public resentment
HONG KONG—China eased pandemic controls on Friday, as the country’s leaders seek to lessen the pain of a stringent zero-Covid policy that has exacted a heavy economic toll and stoked rising public resentment.
In its first meeting since being appointed last month, the ruling Politburo Standing Committee set out a raft of new rules to “optimize and adjust” the policy, according to a release Friday by the National Health Commission. The measures seek to minimize the impact on economic growth and people’s lives, as well as further open the country’s borders for foreign visitors, the release said.
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