China’s growing COVID-19 outbreak tests vulnerable border towns – The Peninsula Qatar

  • Date: 27-Oct-2021
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China’s growing COVID-19 outbreak tests vulnerable border towns – The Peninsula Qatar

A medical worker administers a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a child in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China October 26, 2021. Picture taken October 26, 2021. China Daily via REUTERS

BEIJING: China has reported nearly 250 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 since the start of the current outbreak 10 days ago, with many infections in remote towns along porous international borders in the country's northwest.

China had 50 new local cases for Oct. 26, the highest daily count since Sept. 16, official data showed on Wednesday.