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Explaining China's major policy shift

December 30, 2022 

In a major policy shift, China is set to downgrade Class A management of COVID-19 to Class B from January 8, 2023. Why is China relaxing its COVID-19 control measures now? We discuss what kind of factors have been considered.

Currently, COVID-19 is classified as a Class-B infectious disease but subject to the preventive and control measures for a Class-A infectious disease in China, with which three classes (Class A, Class B and Class C) of notifiable infectious diseases in 40 categories are listed.

Also, starting January 8, 2023, China will cancel mandatory quarantine for international arrivals. As long as you have a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours before boarding, you're free to go. 

So what is China's plan next? 

· The country will focus on preserving health and preventing severe cases following the adjustment, Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under the NHC, said at a press conference

· The country's health regulator said that the vaccination rate of the elderly should be ramped up, and the second dose of booster immunization be promoted among those with severe illness

· Drugs and testing reagents related to the treatment of novel coronavirus infection, which was renamed from novel coronavirus pneumonia on the same day, should be prepared to meet patients' medication and testing needs

· Additionally, it called for better categorized diagnosis and treatment systems in medical facilities as well as preparing for inpatient beds and intensive care beds

· It urged to optimize the deployment and allocation of health resources, strengthen community-level capacity building for COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment, and coordinate treatment of the disease with other medical services

· The country will carry out health surveys on the elderly aged 65 and older with basic diseases and provide tiered and classified diagnosis and treatment

· For rural areas, China will ramp up its efforts to provide medical care for rural elderly people, patients with basic diseases and other high-risk groups

· Measures including nucleic acid testing and centralized quarantine targeting inbound travelers will be dropped, and control measures on the number of international passenger flights will be lifted, according to the statement.


Does China have enough medical resources to handle COVID-19 surge? 

How do emergency wards in China cope with increasing COVID patients? We visited a hospital. Take a look.



More headlines:

· China lifts regular testing requirements for transportation staff

· The claim made by the European Parliament that the Chinese government was using COVID-19 containment measures to systematically "suppress" Uygurs in Xinjiang is false, Xu Guixiang, a spokesperson for the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said

· Russian business community looks forward to China easing COVID measures

· Countries such as Spain, Italy, South Korea, the United States, India and Japan are imposing mandatory testing for visitors from China

· Chinese hospitals provide online services as COVID-19 infections surge

· China highly concerned about coronavirus mutation monitoring: official

· MOFA: China still puts people first in COVID-19 fight amid COVID response adjustment

· China denounces 'distorted' Western reports about China's optimized COVID-19 response

· Hong Kong lifts social distancing measures, nucleic acid testing upon arrival


How China's COVID measures have changed in 2022? Take a look.

(Sources: China Report)

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