Prognosis
Xi Sees Covid in China as Now Less Lethal, EU Official Says
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The less-lethal omicron variant is now the prevalent Covid-19 strain in China, President Xi Jinping told European Council President Charles Michel at a meeting in Beijing on Thursday, according to a European official.
The latest version of Covid is not like the much stronger delta variant, Xi was cited as saying by the European Union official, who was briefed on the meeting and asked not to be identified discussing private matters. Xi didn’t indicate explicitly to Michel his government’s plans to ease up on virus curbs, the official added.