Even as Chinese authorities lock down cities in the country's worst outbreak in two years, they are looking for an exit from what has been a successful but onerous COVID-19 zero-tolerance prevention strategy.
. For now, the government is sticking with the tried-and-true policy of lockdowns, repeated mass testing of millions of people and a two-week or more quarantine for overseas arrivals.
On Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping acknowledged the toll of the stringent measures, saying China should seek “maximum effect” with “minimum cost” in controlling the virus,A first step could be allowing more international flights — which have been sharply curbed since the pandemic — and reducing the quarantine for arriving passengers to one week from as many as 21 days in cities such as Beijing.last week outlining potential ways to ease the zero-COVID policy.
Public health experts caution that the discussion of easing “zero COVID” has been sporadic and preliminary, and that no timeline has been set. In mainland China, authorities have shut down travel out of and within the hardest-hit province, Jilin in the northeast. More than 1,800 cases were reported in Jilin on Friday, out of 2,400 nationwide. Restrictions, however, in Shenzhen, a major tech and finance hub bordering Hong Kong that had been locked down since Sunday.
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