COVID update for Dec. 1-7: B.C. officials to release latest COVID numbers | CRA clawing back $3.2B from suspect aid payments | China set to loosen COVID curbs after historic protests

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COVID update for Dec. 1-7: B.C. officials to release latest COVID numbers | CRA clawing back $3.2B from suspect aid payments | China set to loosen COVID curbs after historic protests
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Here\u0027s your weekly update with everything you need to know on the COVID situation in B.C. and around the world.

China is set to announce an easing of its COVID-19 quarantine protocols in the coming days and a reduction in mass testing, sources told Reuters, a marked shift in policy after anger over the world’s toughest curbs fueled widespread protests.Article content

The measures due to be unveiled include a reduction in the use of mass testing and regular nucleic acid tests as well as moves to allow positive cases and close contacts to isolate at home under certain conditions, the sources familiar with the matter said. In a wide-ranging interview with National Post Tuesday, two top Canada Revenue Agency officials, Frank Vermaeten and Marc Lemieux, said the organization has sent out 825,000 debt notes to Canadians it suspects received ineligible or excess payments from any number of the COVID-19 programs for individuals as of Nov. 18.Article content

Statistics Canada says there were 2.8 million fewer commuters in 2021 than in 2016, as the pandemic drove a shift toward remote work.

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