Beijing | Beijing faces a surge in severe COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks, a respiratory expert said, amid concerns over the potential toll and knock-on effects for the world economy after the surprise ditching of China’s tough virus policies.
Following widespread protests, the country of 1.4 billion people this month began dismantling its zero-COVID regime of lockdowns and testing that had largely kept the virus away for three years, at great economic and psychological costs.
