China’s scaling back of lockdowns and mass virus-testing is a response to nationwide protests against unpopular Covid-19 controls, a Communist Party mouthpiece acknowledged, in a rare sign that Beijing is responding to protesters’ demands
As pandemic controls were partially lifted in many big cities despite the Omicron-fueled outbreak sweeping the country, new locally transmitted infections fell—likely due in part to reduced mass testing, leading to fewer cases being
detected. New daily infections dropped below 30,000 on Sunday, down from a daily tally of more than 38,000 at the end of November. Cases in some of the hardest hit regions have fallen by half or more from their highs, official data show.
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