China reports highest number of asymptomatic Covid-19 cases since April


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SHANGHAI • China yesterday reported the highest number of asymptomatic coronavirus infections in nearly seven months, following the discovery of a cluster of cases linked to a garment factory in the north-western region of Xinjiang. The health authorities found 137 asymptomatic cases on Sunday during a drive to test 4.75 million people in the Kashgar area, triggered by an asymptomatic infection in a 17-year-old female garment factory worker reported the day before. It was not clear how the teenager was infected though the official Xinhua news agency said all of the new cases were linked to another garment factory where...