In a significant calibration of the Covid Zero policy that has isolated the world’s second-largest economy and raised public ire, Chinese health authorities have eased some of the country’s strict Covid-19 rules.

These include a reduction in the amount of time travellers and close contacts of infected people must spend in quarantine.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia Correspondent Cheow Sue-Ann speaks with China correspondent Elizabeth Law for more on this development.

In a significant calibration of the Covid Zero policy that has isolated the world’s second-largest economy and raised public ire, Chinese health authorities <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-eases-covid-19-quarantine-rules-flight-bans">have eased some of the country’s strict Covid-19 rules.</a>
These include a reduction in the amount of time travellers and close contacts of infected people must spend in quarantine.
In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia Correspondent Cheow Sue-Ann speaks with China correspondent Elizabeth Law for more on this development.

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