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To mask or not to mask? G20 gathers nations with divergent COVID rules
Nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of G20 countries are gathering on the resort island of Bali with strict testing and masking requirements, even though such measures have been largely dropped in some member countries.
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President Joko Widodo reacts as journalists ask questions to him, during his visit to the Media Center ahead of the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Nov. 14, 2022. (Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)
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Nusa Dua, Bali
Nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of G20 countries are gathering on the resort island of Bali with strict testing and masking requirements, even though such measures have been largely dropped in some member countries.
It is Chinese President Xi Jinping's first G20 summit - and only his second trip abroad - since the start of the pandemic as his country continues its zero-COVID policy of lockdowns and quarantine that are among the world's strictest.
Other G20 nations have varying measures in place and different social conventions for the coronavirus, which has so far infected 631 million people worldwide and killed nearly 6.6 million, though vaccines have significantly slowed the death rate.
Below is a look at summit protocols and some of the divergent approaches to COVID-19 among G20 nations.
What are the summit’s COVID policies?
