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People in China celebrated the withdrawal on Tuesday of a state-mandated app used to track whether they had travelled to COVID-stricken areas, in the latest loosening of some of the world's toughest anti-virus rules.

As authorities deactivated the 'itinerary code' app at midnight on Monday, China's four telecoms firms said they would delete users' data associated with the app.

"Goodbye itinerary code, I hope to never see you again," said a post on social media platform Weibo, where netizens cheered the demise of an app that critics feared could be used for mass surveillance.