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China’s zero-Covid policy is still the “best choice available” as Omicron looks set to dominate, according to the country’s top government adviser on the coronavirus. Liang Wannian , a former National Health Commission official and head of a panel of experts advising the government on its coronavirus strategy, gave the assessment on Saturday after many countries started easing pandemic restrictions in response to the highly transmissible but less severe Omicron variant . Asked whether China would consider easing rules now that most people were fully vaccinated, Liang warned that hospitalisations and deaths had risen in many countries after removing controls....
