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this is a huge shift in china because before this authorities were demonizing loosening of restrictions here, they are happening in a patchwork across the country. some places are easing rules. others are clinging on to zero covid. you have some people in china celebrating the change. but others are frustrating and angry because all of this has been a wakeup call that the government can take away your freedom at any point and overturn your life. appreciate it. i want to get perspective from fareed zakaria, host of fareed zakaria gps. we ve seen local authorities begin to roll back controls. do you think this is directing at the national level? are these local authorities being allowed more latitude to make their own decisions? no, this is a national decision. the vice premier said effectively that they were moving into a different phase. they re couching it in terms the
it s remarkable to see. that authoritarian china, protests have forced the communist party to essentially change its tune over covid. it s clearly made the government realize that zero covid s not possible or sustainable. it s even a threat to social stability. it s been more than a year omicron since omicron was first detected. only now, anderson, finally, are they deciding-month-old research and publish stories that omicron s last deadly. this is a huge shift in china. before this, they were demonizing covid, in some cases even censoring scientifically accepted information. but the loosening of restrictions here, they re happening in a patchwork across the country. some places are easing rules, others are still clinging on to zero covid. and you have some people in china celebrating the change. others are so frustrated and angry. all of this has been a wake up call. the government can take away your freedom at any point in over in your life. i appreciated. i want to get perspective
Singapore will step up its vaccination programme as it further eases its Covid-related curbs, lifting restrictions on non-vaccinated individuals in restaurants and other venues.