TOKYO -- China slipped from first to ninth in the latest edition of Nikkei's COVID-19 Recovery Index, as the world's second-largest economy's zero-tolerance approach to tackling the pandemic slows the return to a normal way of life.
The index assesses countries and regions on infection management, vaccine rollouts and social mobility. The higher the ranking, the closer a place is to recovery -- with low infections, higher inoculation rates and less-strict social distancing measures.
