Rocky road to re-opening; Downplaying Omicron; Jiang Zemin, Xi meets Michel; Zhao Lijian
Reopening may be very rocky and confusing but it is unfolding before our eyes. A new vaccine campaign with numeric targets is rolling out, more cities are allowing home quarantine and loosening testing mandates, and now experts are downplaying the severity of Omicron and possible long-term effects from getting it.
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