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-19 an infection numbers in 21 months. China has caught to a “zero-Covid” strategy involving tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns. Authorities have been especially vigilant in recent months to avoid an outbreak before February’s Beijing Winter Olympics, but there have been sporadic flare-ups. But on Sunday the country reported 206 new Covid infections — the highest daily number since March 2020. “In the coming days, a number of cases are still likely to be detected,” Xi’an official He Wenquan warned, calling on town’s inhabitants to not panic. The northern metropolis — about 900 km (560 miles) from...
