Beijing reports 78 new local COVID-19 cases


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A worker wearing a protective suit swabs a woman's throat for a COVID-19 test at a testing site after authorities ordered a third round of three consecutive coronavirus tests for residents in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (Photo: AP) Beijing reported 78 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases between 3 pm Friday and 3 pm Saturday, local authorities said on Saturday. Eight of the new cases were found by community-level screening, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Disease Prevention and Control Center Pang Xinghuo said at a media conference. Epidemiological investigation and gene sequencing indicate that there...