China has signaled its readiness to ease its radical "zero-COVID" policy following recent, rare nationwide protests against lockdowns and other strict anti-virus measures, with authorities highlighting weak virulence of the Omicron variant and calling for optimized measures.Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, who is in charge of anti-virus measures, said Thursday the pathogenicity of the Omicron virus is weakening and that conditions have been created "for tweaking the epidemic response measures," according to the official Xinhua News Agency.Sun's remarks at the National Health Commission fol…READ FULL ARTICLE
