China Uses Police, Censors, Covid Easing to Stem Protests
- Inconvenience from outbreaks should be curbed, officials said
- Nation’s health leaders were conciliatory in a Covid briefing
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Chinese health authorities struck a conciliatory tone a day after protests against stringent Covid curbs were stymied by a heavy police presence, social media censorship and quiet pandemic concessions.
Personal requests and questions about how the virus is being handled should be resolved in a timely manner, officials from the National Health Commission said on Tuesday, after some measures implemented at the local level triggered confusion and angst. Excessive curbs should be avoided, they said, even as the virus continues to spread.