Beijing to Let Some Low-Risk Patients Home Quarantine as Covid Soars
- Move marks a shift away from core tenet of China’s Covid Zero
- Societal concerns, stretched resources behind the relaxation
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Beijing will allow some virus-infected people to isolate at home, starting with residents of the city’s most-populous district, a landmark shift that reflects the pressure officials are under from a record outbreak and public opposition to Covid Zero.
Low-risk patients can do home isolation for a week if they choose, people familiar with the plans said, dialing back a nationwide policy that has seen everyone with Covid sent to government quarantine sites regardless of severity, to halt transmission chains.