arry Li wants to spend the Lunar New Year holiday in his home village in northern China’s Hebei province, but he is afraid of spending more than 12 hours on crowded trains and buses lest he bring COVID-19 to his elderly parents, who have not been vaccinated. “It’s been three years since I’ve been home [for Lunar New Year],” says Li, a 20-year-old law student in Shanghai. “I was
China’s Lunar New Year threatens a grim COVID-19 toll
Jan 20, 2023
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