Just when everyone was expecting something significant to happen, China has now disclosed a new set of 10 rules to further ease its draconian "COVID Zero" policies. Part of the new approach, which follows recent public unrest, will involve the approval of more effective vaccines and increasing vaccination of the elderly population in particular.
Issued on 7 December, the new rules allow people to travel domestically without having to present a green "health code" on a mobile phone app. They also halt the need for mass nucleic acid testing, which has been a key component of the COVID Zero approach so far