Vice-premier says China not loosening COVID response

SHIJIAZHUANG — Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan has said the country’s latest COVID-19 response protocols require better precision in delivering prevention and control measures and fixing loopholes rather than letting down the guard. Sun, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during her inspection in Hebei province from July 18 to 19 to check the province’s epidemic prevention and control measures. Sun reiterated unswervingly adhering to the country’s dynamic zero-COVID policy and emphasized rapid response to handle outbreaks in the shortest time and with minimum costs to ensure that the epidemic…