China says COVID outbreak easing on eve of travel rush

HOLIDAY RUSH. Passengers wait to board trains at Shanghai’s Hongqiao Railway Station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as the COVID-19 outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China, January 18, 2023. Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, who oversees China’s virus response, says that the outbreak is at a ‘relatively low’ level BEIJING, China - China said the worst was over in its battle against COVID-19 ahead of what is expected to be the busiest day of travel in years on Friday, January 20, a mass movement of people that has fed fears of a further…