China further relaxes anti-virus measures after rare protests

China announced Wednesday additional measures to relax its strict "zero-COVID" policy, including allowing those with no or mild symptoms of the disease to be quarantined at home instead of designated facilities after rare nationwide protests against the restrictions erupted in late November.Although the country's leadership under President Xi Jinping has not ditched its signature policy of implementing stringent COVID restrictions, some features, such as requiring a negative test result to access many public spaces, have been removed since the anti-lockdown protests took place to reduce pub…READ FULL ARTICLE