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Shanghai is distributing to residents millions of boxes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), such as herbal products and flu capsules, which it says can treat COVID-19 in the battle to control its largest virus outbreak. China's commercial capital, now under an extended lockdown, reported more than 17,000 new COVID-19 infections on April 5, including 311 symptomatic cases, among a population of more than 26 million. 'Facing the extremely transmissible Omicron variant, we should use TCM treatment as soon as possible,' said Fang Min, president of the city's Shuguang Hospital. 'For general public, including high-risk groups, taking TCM treatment when the...
