China races to install hospital beds as Covid surge sparks concern abroad

Cities across China scrambled to install hospital beds and build fever screening clinics on Tuesday as the United States said Beijing's surprise decision to let the virus run free was a concern for the world. China this month abruptly began dismantling its stringent "zero-Covid" regime of mass lockdowns after protests against curbs that had largely kept the virus at bay for three years but at significant costs to society and the world's second-largest economy.

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