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China started 2022 with its highest number of local coronavirus cases for a seven-day period since the country’s first outbreak was brought under control almost two years ago, despite an arsenal of some of the most common COVID-19 measures. strict in the world. The National Health Commission on Saturday reported 175 new community infections with clinical symptoms confirmed for Dec.31, bringing the total number of local symptomatic cases in mainland China to 1,151 in the past week. The surge was mainly due to an epidemic in the industrial and technological center of northwest Xian, a city of 13 million people....
