BEIJING - China braced for a “new phase” in its battle against Covid-19 on Monday (Jan 9) and financial markets strengthened after Beijing dropped pandemic border controls in the latest easing of curbs that has let the virus loose on its 1.4 billion population. Sunday’s reopening is one of the last steps in China’s dismantling of its “zero-Covid” regime, which...
Passengers push their luggage through the international arrivals hall at Beijing Capital International Airport after China lifted the coronavirus disease quarantine requirement for inbound travellers in Beijing, China, on Jan 8, 2023.BEIJING - China braced for a “new phase” in its battle against Covid-19 on Monday and financial markets strengthened after Beijing dropped pandemic border controls in the latest easing of curbs that has let the virus loose on its 1.4 billion population.
“Life is moving forward again!,” the official newspaper of the Communist Party, the People’s Daily, wrote in an editorial praising the government’s virus policies late on Sunday which it said had moved from “preventing infection” to “preventing severe disease”.China’s state Xinhua news agency said the country had entered a “new phase” of its Covid response, citing its virus prevention experience, the development of the epidemic and increased vaccination levels.
Officially, China has reported just 5,272 Covid-related deaths as of Jan 8, one of the lowest rates of death from the infection in the world. Those hopes lifted Asian shares to a five-month high on Monday while China’s yuan firmed to its strongest level against the dollar since mid-August. Chinese blue chips added 0.4per cent, while Hong Kong shares climbed 1.4per cent.“It’s a huge relief just to be able to go back to normal...
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