The photo taken on July 30, 2021 shows a boy receiving nucleic acid testing for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Huaian, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, as China raced to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months. - AFP
BEIJING, July 31 (AFP): China raced Saturday to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months as fresh cases were reported in two more parts of the country including the sprawling megacity of Chongqing.
The highly contagious Delta variant has already been confirmed in the capital Beijing and four other provinces, prompting mass testing and putting more than one million people under lockdown.
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