China's health authorities announced sweeping changes to the country's 'zero COVID' policies on Wednesday, about a week after rare nationwide protests against the draconian pandemic controls.
Protesters in China are calling for the end of the “zero-COVID” policy and the Communist party, as well as for the resignation of leader Xi Jinping.China's health authorities announced sweeping changes to the country's"zero COVID" policies on Wednesday, about a week after rare nationwide protests against draconian pandemic controls that separated families, forced people to quarantine outside their homes and appeared to be having mounting social and economic costs.
For the duration of the pandemic, now entering its fourth year, Chinese leader Xi Jinping's strict – and controversial – virus policies have been blamed for upending ordinary life, travel and employment while dealing a harsh blow to the national economy. Increasingly, this approach stood in sharp contrast to anti-virus actions taken by most other countries, which have opened up in hopes of learning to live with the virus.
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