China says 'positive' signs as Xi'an cases ease


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Officials in Xi'an said after several rounds of testing and a lockdown, they had started to see "some positive changes" in Covid-19 cases - Copyright AFP STR New Covid-19 cases in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an fell to their lowest in a week, health officials said Sunday, as residents face their eleventh day under strict home confinement. China has followed a “zero Covid” approach involving tight border restrictions and swift, targeted lockdowns since the virus first surfaced in a central city in late 2019 — but this strategy has been put under pressure in recent weeks with a number...