As it dismantles its restrictions, China is now particularly critical of decisions by some countries to impose a requirement for a COVID-19 test on its citizens, saying they are unreasonable and lack scientific basis.
BEIJING, China – Global health officials tried to determine the facts of China’s raging COVID-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government’s mouthpiece newspaper on Wednesday rallied citizens for a “final victory” over the virus.
As it now dismantles those restrictions, China has been particularly critical of decisions by some countries to impose a requirement for a COVID-19 test on its citizens, saying they are unreasonable and lack scientific basis. China, which has been largely shut off from the world since the pandemic began in late 2019, will stop requiring inbound travelers to quarantine from January 8. But it will still demand that arriving passengers get tested before they begin their journeys.
Last month, Reuters reported that the WHO had not received data from China on new COVID hospitalizations since Beijing’s policy shift, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be concealing the extent of its outbreak. With COVID-19 disruptions slowing China’s $17 trillion economy to its lowest growth in nearly half a century, investors are now hoping policymakers will intervene to counter the slide.
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