![Conditions for China to downgrade its management of COVID-19 maturing Conditions for China to downgrade its management of COVID-19 maturing](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news_image_files/2022/200x200/1/10-heavy-policing-after-china-protest_200.jpg)
Since January 2020, China has classified COVID-19 as a Category B infectious disease but has managed it under Category A protocols, which give local authorities the power to put patients and their close contacts into quarantine and lock down affected regions.