China suspends social media accounts of Covid policy critics

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China suspends social media accounts of Covid policy critics- PublishedChina has taken down more than 1,000 social media accounts - some with millions of followers - that criticised the government's Covid policies.Social media platform Weibo said it had suspended or banned accounts for what it described as personal attacks against Chinese Covid specialists.Since China abandoned key parts of zero-Covid following historic protests against the policy, there have been reports of hospitals and crematoriums being overwhelmed.The Ministry of Transport said it expects more than two billion passengers to travel over the next 40 days, an increase of 99.5% year-on-year and reaching 70% of trip numbers in 2019.From Sunday, China will drop a requirement for travellers coming from abroad to quarantine, meaning many Chinese will be able to travel abroad for the first time in almost three years."

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