People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus ride scooters during a rainfall in Beijing. Measures to contain the spread on a Covid-19 outbreak in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, including locking down some communities and limiting public transport, appear to have been effective and reported case numbers have gradually fallen. - AP
BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua): The Chinese health authority said on Saturday that it received reports of 31 new confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases on the Chinese mainland Friday, including 25 locally transmitted.
All of the 25 locally-transmitted cases were reported in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
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