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China’s latest Covid-19 outbreak continues to taper off

  • A fourth straight day of single-figure local cases raises hopes the surge fuelled by the Delta variant is being brought under control
  • However, more imported cases were reported highlighting the ongoing risk of more infections

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Citizens throw paper planes at a square in Nanjing, as public transport services in the city started to resume. Photo: Xinhua
China reported single-figure local Covid-19 infections for the fourth straight day on Friday, suggesting the country has largely got the latest outbreak fuelled by the highly infectious Delta variant under control.
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On Friday, the National Health Commission reported four local infections – two in Jiangsu and two in Yunnan provinces – bringing the tally of local infections in the past month to 1,262. On the same day, 29 imported cases were also reported.

China’s “zero tolerance” strategy requires international arrivals to spend 21 days in quarantine. This year it has recorded a total of 8,040 imported cases compared with 3,840 local cases over the same period.

Russia, Myanmar and the United States are the main sources of imported cases, which have mainly been recorded in Shanghai, Guangdong, Sichuan and Yunnan.

According to the latest health commission statistics, 1,817 people are currently infected, including 54 serious cases.

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