New COVID rules for travelers from China helps with variant response, doctor says More countries around the world are joining the U.S. in imposing new rules on travelers from China amid concern over a lack of transparency from Beijing about surging COVID-19 cases. The explosion in new infections came right as the Chinese government decided to end its years-long "zero-COVID" policy, which brought rolling lockdowns that severely disrupted life for the nation's 1.4 billion people and its economy. Those restrictions were abandoned almost overnight, and soon after, Beijing also dropped its ban on domestic travel and started issuing Chinese citizens…