China says it is fine-tuning COVID-19 rules, loosening control

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China’s most sensible fitness officials said a radical overhaul of its “COVID-zero” playbook is a refinement of regulations and not a remnant of controls, rejecting interpretations that the adjustments were a step toward life with the virus.

Authorities have cited knowledge showing that reducing centralized quarantine for travelers and close contacts to five days would still trap the vast majority of COVID-19 infections, but said a strict attitude to eliminating infections remains China’s guiding principle.

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