China Loosens Grip on Covid Exactly Three Years After First Ever Case
- Official says Covid fight in new phase, concessions emerge
- First documented Covid patient showed symptoms on Dec. 1
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Exactly three years since the first documented coronavirus patient developed symptoms in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the country that fought the pathogen first and most fiercely is finally pivoting away from efforts to quash the pandemic.
The Dec. 1 anniversary of the first Covid infection to be recorded in scientific literature comes as China, under pressure from surging cases and public anger at its punishing regime, is starting to chart a path towards rejoining the rest of the world in living with the virus.