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A woman delivering food to a resident over a barrier set up to prevent people from entering or leaving a residential community in Wuhan, in March last year. Muscular measures - a combination of centralised policy and grassroots mobilisation - have been credited with curbing the virus.
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Elizabeth Law China Correspondent In Beijing, Elizabeth Law
In China, mass gatherings are allowed, travel has mostly returned while mask-wearing is almost an afterthought.
When China shut off Hubei province from the rest of the country in late January last year, imposing what was then the largest mass quarantine in modern history, many criticised Beijing for its draconian moves. But the muscular measures - a combination of centralised policy and active grassroots mobilisation - have been credited with curbing the virus domestically.
