China to Stop Welding Homes Shut Over Covid After Protests
China announced on Wednesday the country’s strictest covid-19 rules will be lifted, allowing more freedom of movement for people who are living under some of the harshest health regulations in the world three years after the start of the pandemic.
the most notorious of China’s draconian rules that saw some homes welded shut by local health officials to prevent people from leaving, according to theChinese citizens who test positive for covid-19 but have either mild or no symptoms will no longer be required to stay in government-run The new rules will mean that lockdowns will also be imposed in a more targeted manner, with certain buildings or floors locked down rather than entire neighborhoods or cities, according to the. So-called “high risk” areas will also be let out of lockdown after five days if no new cases are detected, rather than the months-long lockdowns that have occurred previously.
The relaxed rules, while still harsh by the current standards of most countries, come after uncharacteristically high profile protests in recent weeks over the prolonged lockdowns endured in China. Workers at one of China’s largest iPhone manufacturing plants even stagedThere were also protests following reports that people in the province of Xinjiang were unable to leave their homes, which had been welded shut, during a recent earthquake.
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