China reports more COVID-19 cases while some cities kick off new tests

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China reports more COVID-19 cases while some cities kick off new tests
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BEIJING: China reported more COVID-19 cases as it entered the third week of its current outbreak on Monday (Aug 9), while some cities added rounds of mass testing in the effort to stamp out locally-transmitted infections. The highly infectious Delta variant has been detected in more than a dozen cities sin

BEIJING: China reported more COVID-19 cases as it entered the third week of its current outbreak on Monday , while some cities added rounds of mass testing in the effort to stamp out locally-transmitted infections.

"A laxity of mind should be firmly overcome," the National Health Commission said in a statement on Sunday that called for the outbreak to be curbed. Sunday's 125 new confirmed infections on the mainland included 94 locally transmitted cases, up from the previous day's figure of 96, with 81 locally transmitted, while the rest were imported from abroad, the NHC said on Monday.

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