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China’s new ambassador to the United States has called for cooperation in fighting Covid-19 despite the growing tensions between the two countries. Qin Gang, currently completing his second week of quarantine in Washington, tweeted on Friday that the spread of the Delta variant was causing a resurgence of infections in the US and local outbreaks in China. “How about our two countries working together on solutions, eg more effective vaccines & helping other countries?” he tweeted. The world has now registered more than 200 million Covid-19 cases , according to data from the World Health Organization. Fine in quarantine for...