China announces rollback of strict anti-Covid measures

BEIJING — In a sharp reversal, China has announced a series of measures rolling back some of the most draconian anti-Covid-19 restrictions.

The Wednesday announcement includes limiting the scale of lockdown to individual apartment floors and buildings, rather than entire districts and neighborhoods.

People who test positive for the virus will be able to isolate at home rather than in overcrowded and unsanitary field hospitals, and schools where there have been no outbreaks must return to in-class teaching.