Officials say people with asymptomatic or mild cases will no longer have to go to quarantine centres.
China has announced that people with asymptomatic or mild Covid will be able to quarantine at home rather than in quarantine camps in a major easing of its zero-Covid policy.The rule change comes just a week after civil protests against pandemic controls erupted across the nation.
Videos all year have shown guards dragging people out of their homes, including viral footage from Hangzhou last week which showed a man fighting off officials. The downgrade also comes after China saw its biggest protests in decades in late November, with crowds taking to streets in several cities to criticise lockdowns and pandemic restrictions.
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