Apos;It apos;s Dead Out Here apos;: China apos;s Slow Exit From Zero-COVID
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Iran has agreed to release the crews of the MT Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon, which it seized in May in response to the confiscation of oil by the United States from an Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece.
The crew member is the first to return home from the total of about 48 seafarers - Greeks, Filipinos and a Cypriot - who are expected to be gradually released and replaced in the coming days, a second Greek official told Reuters.
BEIJING, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Judging by Friday's quiet streets in China's capital Beijing and the reluctance of some businesses to drop COVID curbs, enduring anxieties about the coronavirus are likely to hamper a speedy return to health for the world's second-largest economy.
Yet China has been anything but placid during the past few weeks, with protests against COVID curbs in many cities that marked the biggest show of public discontent since President Xi Jinping came to power a decade ago.
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After being caught red-handed without a mask, the Prime Minister's father admitted he was 'maybe not 100 per cent up to speed' with the rules having just returned from abroad and said he was 'extremely sorry'.
We are all doing our best to stop the virus spreading, and we will be very hard on those who do not listen. A Greek police source told The Daily Star: 'It does not matter who you are, celebrity or no.
Zhong Nanshan, a prominent Chinese epidemiologist, said that 99% of people now infected with the virus would recover in 7 to 10 days, in comments reported by the People's Daily, CRUISES VOLOS TAXI controlled by the ruling Communist Party.
On the Beijing subway, many seats were empty on Friday night during what should have been rush hour, VOLOS LARISSA TRANSFER even though the city this week scrapped the need to show negative tests to ride trains or enter offices.
Little more than a month after the National Health Commission stressed commitment to its strict virus containment policy, VOLOS IGOUMENITSA TRANSFER saying it was "putting people and lives first", authorities have changed tack and are now telling people they have less to fear.
Amid the caution, state-broadcaster CCTV announced further easing, with tourism and VOLOS KOMOTINI TAXI entertainment venues - including theatres, libraries, SKIATHOS ATHENS TAXI internet cafes and table game centres no longer requiring COVID tests and health codes.
Although the government on Wednesday loosened key parts of its strict "zero-COVID" policy that has kept the pandemic largely at bay for the past three years, many people appear wary of being too quick to shake off the shackles.
