Prognosis
Chinese Public Shows Mixed Emotions About Covid Zero Ending
- Many people say on Weibo they look forward to traveling again
- Others worry that rising infections will overwhelm hospitals
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China’s public has mixed emotions about Covid Zero coming to a sudden end, with some people expressing relief and planning their first trips abroad in three years while others worry about the spread of infections.
“We have lost far too much in these few years with the pandemic,” one person wrote on the Twitter-like Weibo, where the government’s plan to stop subjecting inbound travelers to quarantine from Jan. 8 was a top trending topic on Tuesday.