BERLIN: It is time for China to move away from massive lockdowns and toward a more targeted approach to the coronavirus, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, days after widespread protests broke out, a change that would ease the impact to a world economy already struggling with high inflation, an energy crisis and disrupted food supply.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged a "recalibration" of China's tough "zero-Covid" strategy aimed at isolating every case "exactly because of the impact it has on both people and on the economy."

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