Dec 2022 - China Covid News

[HongKong_Great]

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/poli...ource=Facebook

[Gatts]

https://twitter.com/selinawangtv/sta...M8ZoIIDLw&s=08

[shri]

China says most people with Covid will now be able to quarantine at home rather than in state facilities in a major easing of its zero-Covid policy.

Those with mild or no symptoms can now stay at home and self-report results.

The reforms come just a week after civil protests against pandemic controls erupted across the nation.

The country has also scrapped PCR test requirements for most public venues except hospitals and schools.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63855508

[Beanieskis]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63855508

Also note that close contacts only need to quarantine for 5 days, not the 7 in HK. Hopefully HK will follow suit.

[qhank]

Also note that close contacts only need to quarantine for 5 days, not the 7 in HK. Hopefully HK will follow suit.

It's actually 5+3 so 8 in total.

[Beanieskis]

It's actually 5+3 so 8 in total.

That was the old rule (5 in centre plus 3 at home). The new rule, according to SCMP, is 5 at home:

Their close contacts will also be able to quarantine at home for five days, instead of the earlier requirement to spend eight days in isolation, first at a special centre and then at home, the State Council Prevention and Control Mechanism said.

[qhank]

That was the old rule (5 in centre plus 3 at home). The new rule, according to SCMP, is 5 at home:

Their close contacts will also be able to quarantine at home for five days, instead of the earlier requirement to spend eight days in isolation, first at a special centre and then at home, the State Council Prevention and Control Mechanism said.

That's just for close contacts, right? So positive cases would still quarantine for 7 (or perhaps even more in China).

[hongkongmusic]

This thread:

Only in Hong Kong and China.

[Elefant&Castle]

https://twitter.com/YanzhongHuang/st...93513716060164

[Crankshaft]

https://twitter.com/YanzhongHuang/st...93513716060164

Wish it was true because that would be hilarious, especially protesting in their hazmat suits, but the replies say it's an old video.