China’s Vice Premier Urges Refining Covid Response

What’s new: Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said the country’s battle against Covid-19 “is facing new circumstances that come with new tasks” as the omicron variant becomes less pathogenic, more people get vaccinated and experience is gained in controlling the virus, according to state media.

Sun made the remarks at a meeting with the National Health Commission (NHC) Wednesday, where she listened to experts’ opinions on how to improve epidemic control measures, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.