For the first time, state media began portraying COVID-19 as a less serious illness that typically causes only mild symptoms.
on Tuesday that a negative COVID test would no longer be required for admittance to many public spaces, including grocery stores, parks and airports, per Reuters.COVID-19 as a less serious illness that typically causes only mild symptoms.they would allow people who have tested positive to quarantine at home instead of in a centralized quarantine facility.The country is currently a patchwork of varying levels of restrictions, and many people still feel restrained.
But the number of elderly who have received vaccinations has doubled since April, when just 20% were vaccinated. About 40% of elderly people had received jabs as of November. Even so, China's population is vaccinated entirely with Chinese-made vaccines that use a different technology than Western-made mRNA vaccines, which are more effective at preventing serious disease. Chinese authorities have not permitted the country's citizens to receive foreign-made vaccines.the crackdown on dissent has continued.
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