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Official statistics, however, showed only one COVID death in the seven days to Monday, fuelling doubts among health experts and residents about the government’s data. The numbers are inconsistent with the experience of much less populous countries after they re-opened. China said on Monday it would stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from January 8 in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which have been largely shut since 2020. Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by stringent COVID-19 curbs which have battered the $US17-trillion ($25 trillion) economy,...
