China entering ‘new stage and mission’ for Covid-19 controls, says official, following protests

China’s most senior official in charge of its Covid response told health officials Wednesday that the country faced a “new stage and mission” in pandemic controls, state media Xinhua reported — potentially indicating an adjustment to Beijing’s “zero-Covid” strategy which has sparked days of nationwide protests.
Story Published at: November 30, 2022 at 07:58PM