China reports coronavirus cluster in Xinjiang
In Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is reportedly planning to tighten lockdown restrictions
26 October 2020 - 20:54
Shanghai — As cases of Covid-19 infections rise in the US, the EU and UK, China reported its highest number of asymptomatic Covid-19 infections in nearly seven months in the northwestern region of Xinjiang on Monday.
Health authorities found 137 asymptomatic cases on Sunday during a drive to test 4.75-million people in the Kashgar area linked to an asymptomatic infection in a 17-year-old female garment factory worker reported on Saturday...
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