What's changed as China relaxes strict Covid rules

BEIJING: China rolled back its tough Covid rules on Wednesday, after the restrictions sparked popular unrest and hammered the world's second-largest economy.

Here are some of the major changes announced by Beijing's National Health Commission:

PEOPLE infected with Covid but with mild or no symptoms can now isolate at home rather than in state-managed facilities.

This is a reversal of earlier rules, where all infected patients and their close contacts were sent to hospitals or hastily-built isolation centres.