Beijing drops COVID testing burden as wider easing seems likely

Beijing drops COVID testing burden as wider easing beckons Residents of China's capital were allowed into parks, supermarkets, offices and airports without a negative COVID-19 test on Tuesday, the latest in a mix of easing steps nationwide after unprecedented protests against a tough zero-COVID policy. Ryan Woo,Martin Quin Pollard Reuters

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Authorities have been loosening some of the world's toughest COVID curbs to varying degrees and softening their tone on the threat of the virus, in what many hope could herald a more pronounced shift towards normalcy three years into the pandemic.

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