HONG KONG—A top Chinese public-health official warned of widespread Covid-19 outbreaks across the country’s more vulnerable rural areas as millions of citizens prepare to travel home for the coming Lunar New Year holiday.
Infections have exploded across China after authorities in November and December abruptly scrapped almost all of the country’s stringent pandemic controls amid a sharp economic downturn and rare nationwide protests against the “zero-Covid” policy that has governed daily life for the past three years.
Chinese Health Official Raises Covid Alarm Ahead of Lunar New Year Holiday
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