China will keep fine-tuning its steps to control COVID-19 as it tries to minimise infections and serious cases, officials said on Saturday, a day after surprise announcements to lessen the impact of a strict zero-COVID policy.
The authorities announced the moves, cheered by financial markets, despite a surge infections to their highest since late April, according to data released on Saturday, with outbreaks in key cities including Beijing, Guangzhou and Chongqing.included shorter quarantines for inbound travellers and those in close contact with infected people. Quarantines were cut by two days to eight, with the first five spent in a centralised facility.
China will stop trying to identify "secondary" contacts, a practice that swept up many urban residents in contact-tracing efforts after a case was found, while still identifying close contacts, officials said on Friday. The NHC reported 11,950 new COVID infections for Friday, low by global standards but up from 10,729 cases a day earlier.
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