Stock markets rose after the National Health Commission on Tuesday announced the long-awaited campaign. They say “zero COVID” is likely to stay in place until mid-2023 and possibly as late as 2024. But party leaders said they were sticking to “zero COVID“ and gave no sign when it might end. On Wednesday, the Health Commission reported 37,828 new cases in the past 24 hours, including 33,540 without symptoms. While case numbers are low, “there is definitely a risk that ‘zero COVID’ just fails at this point.
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