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China seeks to minimize COVID-19 risk during travel rush

A migrant worker wearing a face mask carries his belonging as he arrived at the West Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Wayne Zhang) A man wearing a face mask with his luggage moves on an escalator at the West Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Wayne Zhang) A migrant worker wearing a face mask and gloves carries his luggage as he arrived at the West Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Wayne Zhang) Migrant workers with their luggage take a break outside the West Railway Station before catching their trains in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Wayne Zhang) Travellers wearing face masks with their luggage arrive at the West Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Wayne Zhang) Travellers wearing face masks with their luggage prepare to catch their trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Wayne Zhang) Travellers wearing face masks with their luggage prepare to catch their trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Wayne Zhang) People look after their elderly relatives as patients receive intravenous drips while using a ventilators at the Changhai Hospital hall in Shanghai, China on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP) Patients with covid symptoms crowded at the Changhai Hospital hall as they receiving medical treatment, in Shanghai, China on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP) People look after their elderly relatives lying on stretchers and receiving intravenous drips while using ventilators at the Changhai Hospital hall in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP) People wearing face masks walk along a street in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) People wearing face masks walk on street in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A body in a coffin is carried out of a mortuary of a hospital in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures.(AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman wearing a face mask walks by empty coffins placed at a mortuary of a hospital in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures.(AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman wearing a face mask walks by empty coffins placed at a mortuary of a hospital in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures.(AP Photo/Andy Wong) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Patients wearing face masks receive oxygen therapy at a community healthcare institution in Shanghai, China, Monday, Jan. 5, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the WHO are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak, with some even saying many of the numbers it is reporting are meaningless. (Fang Zhe/Xinhua via AP) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, A medical worker helps a patient on the intravenous drip at a community healthcare institution in Shanghai, China, Monday, Jan. 5, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the WHO are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak, with some even saying many of the numbers it is reporting are meaningless. (Fang Zhe/Xinhua via AP)
China seeks to minimize COVID-19 risk during travel rush