ALBAWABA - Nearly 60,000 people have died of COVID-19 in China since the country suddenly abandoned its "zero-COVID" policy last month. Jiao Yahui, head of the National Health Commission’s medical affairs department, told reporters in Beijing on Saturday that 59,938 COVID-related deaths were recorded in China between Dec. 8 and January 12. Of the total, 5,503 were from respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 infections, and 54,435 were people infected with ...