China Announces Loosening Of Zero COVID Measures

BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 09: Epidemic control workers wear PPE as they walk to disinfect an epidemic area in a neighbourhood that recently was in lockdown due to COVID-19 cases and has now opened on December 9, 2022 in Beijing, China. As part of a 10 point directive, Chinas government announced Wednesday that people with COVID-19 who have mild or no symptoms will be permitted to quarantine at home instead of at a government facility, testings requirements are reduced, people are permitted to buy over the counter medications, and local officials can no longer lock down entire neighbourhoods or cities, a major shift in its zero COVID policy. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)