Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections strained the health system and further roiled the economy.
by Asian stock markets on Tuesday, China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from Jan. 8, the National Health Commission said late on Monday.
China's management of COVID will also be downgraded to the less strict Category B from the current top-level Category A from Jan. 8, the health authority said, as it has become less virulent. Nurses and doctors have been asked to work while sick and retired medical workers in rural communities were being rehired to help, according to state media. Some cities have been struggling to secure enough supplies of anti-fever drugs.
"The concern of a temporary supply chain distortion remains as the labour force is impacted by infections," JPMorgan analysts said in a note, adding that their tracking of subway traffic in 29 Chinese cities also showed many people were self-imposing mobility restrictions as the virus spreads.
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