Wenzhou in East China's Zhejiang province announced on Sunday that negative nucleic acid test results and green health codes are no longer required to take public transportation and enter public venues starting Monday.
The announcement was part of a series of adjustment measures in response to 20 national policy adjustments in the fight against COVID-19 announced in mid-November.
Regular mass nucleic acid testing will no longer be carried out, but testing services will still be provided to residents who need them, according to the latest policies.
Negative nucleic acid test results and green health codes are also no longer required for places such as nursing homes, welfare homes, schools and kindergartens.
Wenzhou will continue to optimize and adjust relevant prevention and control measures in accordance with national policies and the epidemic situation, local authorities noted, reminding local residents to continue to adhere to social distancing and other relevant personal protection measures.
At the same time, local health authorities have urged people over 60 years old to get vaccinated as soon as possible in order to increase immunity among high-risk groups.
In addition to Wenzhou, 10 other cities in Zhejiang province, namely Hangzhou, Ningbo, Taizhou, Shaoxing, Jiaxing, Jinhua, Zhoushan, Huzhou, Quzhou and Lishui, also implemented the relaxation policies the same day.
