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Shanghai To Remove COVID Testing Requirement From Some Public Venues

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MNI (London)-Bloomberg reporting that from Tuesday, authorities in the city of Shanghai are scrapping requirements COVID-19 testing are more public venues, continuing the trend of a loosening of restrictions around the virus.

  • Release from Shanghai authorities also confirms that the city, "...will retain regular nucleic acid testing sites for free testing services, but yellow health codes will not be issued to those who have no nucleic acid testing records within 7 days."
  • The story comes shortly after Reuters reported on the potential downgrade of COVID-19 management in January, from Category A to B, the clearest recent signals of an intent to loosen COVID restrictions on the general public in the weeks ahead (see: https://marketnews.com/covid-management-could-be-d...)

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