China reports 24 new Covid-19 cases versus 12 a day earlier


A man walks past a colour-coded sign which indicates the vaccination rate at a business is below 40%, part of a campaign to urge people to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Beijing on April 7, 2021. - AFP

BEIJING (Reuters): China reported 24 new Covid-19 cases on April 7, up from 12 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Thursday (April 8).

The National Health Commission, in a statement, said 11 of the new cases were local infections reported in southwestern Yunnan province. Ruili city in Yunnan, which borders Myanmar, has rolled out a series of Covid-19 countermeasures including home quarantine and vaccination efforts after a new cluster emerged there last week.

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