Daily local COVID cases in mainland China rise to 2-year high

Share A medical worker takes a swab sample from a person at a mobile nucleic acid testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) following the outbreak in Beijing, China, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com to register BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - Mainland China has recorded the highest number of daily new local symptomatic COVID-19 infections in about two years, with the highly transmissible Omicron variant putting pressure on the government's tough policy of quickly containing any outbreak. China reported 214 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Sunday, most of them…