China is expected to keep its COVID-19 border restrictions in place for another year over concerns of the emergence of new variants and a calendar of sensitive events, reported The Wall Street Journal. This is despite the fact that China has already administered over one billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country by June 19. In addition, Beijing plans to fully vaccinate 40% of the country’s nearly 1.4 billion people by the end of this month, said reports. Here’s what international students should know about the extension of border restrictions: Sensitive events sparks extension of border restrictions Quoting sources familiar with the matter, WSJ said the provisional timeline of the second half of 2022 was set during a mid-May meeting of the country’s cabinet, or State Council, attended by officials from China’s Foreign Ministry and National Health Commission, among other government bodies. The extension of border restrictions is also driven by two events that officials want t...
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