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Newsday: 07/12/2022 07:06 GMT : China eases Covid quarantine and lockdown measures

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07/12/2022 07:06 GMT : China eases Covid quarantine and lockdown measures

China eases Covid quarantine and lockdown measures

BBC World Service - Newsday, China eases Covid quarantine and lockdown measures

People with asymptomatic or mild covid will now be able to quarantine at home

Correspondents say the announcement is the strongest sign yet that China is moving away from its zero covid policy and looking to live with the virus

China has announced a major nationwide easing of its zero covid policy, a week after civil protests against the controls erupted across the country.

The United Nations calls for a “peace pact with nature” at the start of COP15 in Montreal, Canada.

And actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas tells BBC 100 Women that for the first time in her 22-year career, she has received equal pay to her male co-actor.

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