China scraps tracking app as it relaxes strict 'zero-Covid' rules

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China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict “zero-Covid” policies.

potentially overwhelming health care resources in some areas.

Reports on the Chinese internet, which is tightly controlled by the government, sought to reassure a nervous public, stating that restrictions would continue to be dropped and travel, indoor dining and other economic activity would soon be returning to pre-pandemic conditions. The party responded with a massive show of force and an unknown number of people were arrested at the protests or in the days following.

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