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Despite strain put on leisure and  tourism sectors, 'letting the virus spread costs more;, says expert.

China will not give up on its zero-tolerance policy towards local Covid-19 cases any time soon, experts said, as the policy has allowed it to quickly quell local outbreaks, while the virus continues to spread outside its borders.

To stop local cases from turning into wider outbreaks, China has developed and continually refined its Covid-fighting arsenal - including mass testing, targeted lockdowns and travel restrictions - even when those  measures occasionally disrupted local economies....

Part of an article found in today's The New Paper.