Beijing | China will “unswervingly” adhere to its current COVID-19 controls as the country faces increasingly serious outbreaks, health officials say, damping hopes that Beijing will ease stringent policies that have put cities and factories under prolonged lockdowns.

“Previous practices have proved that our prevention and control plans and a series of strategic measures are completely correct,” Hu Xiang, an official at National Health Commission’s disease prevention and control bureau, said at a briefing on Saturday. “The policies are also the most economical and effective.”

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