China COVID restrictions

2022 - 12 - 7

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Your Thursday Briefing: China Eases Covid Restrictions (The New York Times)

Also, Peru's president is ousted and Germany arrests 25 people suspected of plotting a coup.

[You can find all our puzzles here](https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords). [Russia’s war in Ukraine “might be a long process](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/07/world/russia-ukraine-war-news),” and a U.N. [animated and live-action series](https://www.netflix.com/title/81090127) by pairing the indolent egg with a relentless chick on a journey to find its mother. [found at least two more documents marked classified](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/us/politics/trump-classified-documents-search.html)in a storage unit, according to a person familiar with the matter. [no longer be checked for travel](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/asia/china-zero-covid-changes.html) between regions. Sanrio held a contest to develop new food characters strategically, and although Gudetama didn’t win, they became a fan favorite. (Here’s more about [Warnock](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/us/politics/raphael-warnock-georgia-senator-pastor.html)and about [Walker](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/us/politics/christian-walker-tweets-herschel-georgia.html).) Members of the group had organized arms training and formed a shadow government to install if their plans were to succeed, according to prosecutors. History: Corruption is so rife in Peruvian politics that the country has had five presidents since 2016. But he has still plunged Peru’s fragile democracy into its biggest political crisis in years. Experts have warned that China needs to step up its pace of vaccinations, especially for older adults. Protesters were livid over lockdowns that confined hundreds of millions of people in their homes for weeks and dragged down the economy.

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China Faces New Challenges After Relaxing 'Zero-COVID' Policy (Voice of America)

Experts fear a spike in daily cases and deaths as citizens "feel more scared" as they navigate confusing new regulations.

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Pitfalls lie ahead as China charts exit from zero-Covid (BBC News)

The main challenge is ensuring the inevitable uptick in infections does not lead to mass deaths. "China's big risk now is removing Covid restrictions without ...

Prof Low said Chinese authorities could lay out a roadmap to live with Covid, as Singapore did. In many places, people continue to rely on hospitals for even basic treatment, pointed out Donald Low, a public policy expert with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It doesn't apply to many places in China." At the same time, caution will be needed, said Dr Sridhar. China had two years to build that infrastructure, but they didn't," said Prof Low. It may be why mainland China has now shifted to home quarantine for mild and asymptomatic cases. This would completely overwhelm China's healthcare system that has less than four ICU beds per 100,000 people. "Hong Kong is just 7.5 million people. "People have a zero-risk bias, and the government has to counteract that by saying we always will have the Covid risk." They reckon it won't be safe to get vaccinated. "In China, there is relatively scarce community-based care, compared to hospital-based care. "Many old people have underlying diseases.

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