Chinese cities relax testing rules as zero-Covid policy easesLocal authorities across China have begun a slow rollback of Covid restrictions that have governed daily life for years. BEIJING: Businesses reopened and testing requirements were relaxed in Beijing and other Chinese cities on Monday as the country tentatively eases out of a strict zero-Covid policy that sparked nationwide protests. And Zhengzhou -- home to the world's largest iPhone factory -- on Sunday said people will be allowed to enter public places, take public transport and enter their residential compounds without a 48-hour negative test result. The World Health Organization has cheered China's loosening of its zero-Covid policy, which came after hundreds took to the streets across the country to call for greater political freedoms and an end to lockdowns. "Students can't go to school without a 24-hour negative test," wrote a user on China's Twitter-like Weibo.
