The last significant departure from the nation’s zero-Covid policy will take place in China on January 8, according to officials.
This will essentially reopen the country to individuals with employment and study visas as well as those who want to visit relatives after three years of closed borders.
But it comes as China battles the virus’ violent spread following the removal of limitations.
According to reports, hospitals are overcrowded and senior citizens are dying.
Officials have ceased disclosing Covid data, therefore it is now unknown what the exact toll is in terms of daily case counts and fatalities.
Last week, Beijing reported a few deaths and around 4,000 new Covid infections per day.
It said on Sunday that it will no longer post case numbers at all. According to Reuters, however, the British health data business Airfinity claimed that China had more than a million infections and 5,000 fatalities every day.
After three years of lockdowns, closed borders, and required quarantines for Covid cases and contacts, China is the final major economy in the world to transition to “living with Covid.”
