China Eases Curbs in Major Shift From Covid Zero Policy
- New moves allow some infected people to quarantine at home
- Chinese government has come under pressure to change approach
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China moved definitively away from its long-held Covid Zero approach Wednesday, easing a range of restrictions that it has persisted with way after the rest of the world moved on to living with the virus.
By jettisoning key tenets of the virus elimination strategy, including forcing infected people into centralized quarantine camps, China is suddenly shifting gear faster than expected. The accelerated pace reflects pressure on President Xi Jinping to chart a path out of the crisis and quell public discontent.