China relies on traditional medicine to fight COVID surge in Shanghai


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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - 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....