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News Snapshot: Shares in one of China's largest traditional medicine producers plunged on Monday (Apr 18) after reports questioned the efficacy of pills approved by the government as a coronavirus treatment. Shanghai authorities have joined their Hong Kong counterparts in handing out "Lianhua Qingwen" - a herbal remedy marketed for fever and sore throats - as the cities battle their worst COVID-19 outbreaks since the pandemic's start. But on Sunday, popular Chinese health platform Dingxiang Yisheng said the capsules, made by Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical, could not prevent cases of the virus, in a report then picked up by state media....
