China posts six-month high Covid-19 count as it sticks with its 'ZERO-COVID' strategy


Residents queue at a Covid-19 testing station in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. China will “unswervingly” adhere to its current Covid controls as the country faces increasingly serious outbreaks, health officials said, damping hopes that Beijing will ease its stringent policies that have put cities and factories under prolonged lockdowns. - Bloomberg

BEIJING, Nov 6 (Reuters): China on Sunday reported its highest number of new Covid-19 infections in six months, a day after health officials said they were sticking with strict coronavirus curbs, likely disappointing recent investor hopes for an easing.

China recorded 4,610 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday, of which 588 were symptomatic and 4,022 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said, the most since May 6 and compared with 3,837 new cases a day earlier, of which 657 were symptomatic.

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