BEIJING: Multiple Chinese cities have canceled routine mass coronavirus tests this week, days after Beijing announced limited relaxations of its strict zero-Covid policy, which raised hopes of China's eventual reopening.

This comes after the National Health Commission (NHC) issued last Friday 20 rules for "optimizing" zero-Covid, where certain restrictions were relaxed to limit its social and economic impact.

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