BEIJING: People showing coronavirus symptoms in one of China's largest cities can now go to work "as normal," state media reported on Monday, a dramatic reversal in an East Asian country where a single case could previously send thousands into lockdown.

The world's most populous nation is unwinding years of its hardline "zero Covid" policy, with the virus spreading rapidly in the wake of the official end of mass lockdowns, testing and quarantines.

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