This past week more than 20 Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking that the administration remove the mandate, saying it has hurt the U.S. National Guard’s ability to recruit troops
Multiple cities have started to roll back some restrictions after public resentment at harsh and prolonged containment measures reached a boiling point last weekend, when spontaneous protests broke out in multiple Chinese cities
Zero-COVID policy has triggered economic slowdown, public unrest
The slight relaxation of testing requirements comes even as daily virus infections reach near-record highs, and follows weekend protests across the country
COVID omicron variant is ‘highly transmissible’
It remains to be seen if protests will take place again this weekend
About 90% of the world's population now has some level of immunity to SARS-COV-2 either due to prior infection or vaccination, according to the global health agency's estimates
Nationwide protests are calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedoms
Lin plays for a Chinese team; he gets fined $1,400 for comments
Beijing battles largest domestic political challenge in decades with propaganda, nationalism
Mohammad Mehmet Ali speaks to VOA after losing his mother and 4 siblings in blaze
Although draconian lockdowns saved lives, experts outside China say Beijing must ease up on policy that has caused other problems
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