China's Covid-Zero turns more elusive as symptom-free cases grow, East Asia News & Top Stories

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BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - China reported more infections in people who exhibited no symptoms of Covid-19 on Tuesday (Nov 9) than in those who were actively suffering from the virus, indicating the challenge the country faces in eliminating the highly infectious and insidious pathogen. Among the 89 confirmed cases, 46 had no outward signs of the disease. It was the first time that infected people with no symptoms outnumbered those with symptoms during the broadest outbreak that China has experienced since the virus first emerged in Wuhan in late 2019. Of the 31 provinces on the Chinese mainland, 20 have reported…

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