Covid-19: China eases rules amid rise in cases

bmj;379/nov15_13/o2743/FAF1faKevin Frayer/Getty ImagesEpidemic control workers in Beijing take shelter during China’s largest annual online shopping event, known as 11.11, outside a community in strict lockdown because of a covid outbreak.Despite a new rise in cases—on 10 November more than 10 500 new cases were recorded, the highest daily total since April—the government has slightly eased its strict zero tolerance policy on covid. Quarantine for close contacts has been cut from seven days in a state facility to five days, and three days at home, and officials will also stop recording secondary contacts, so many people will avoid having to quarantine at all.Public anger against sudden, punitive lockdowns is reportedly growing in major cities, such as Beijing, where 118 new local cases last Saturday led to its population of 22 million being ordered to take PCR tests every day, and access to offices and leisure venues was limited.
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