China reported more than 24,000 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, edging closer to the high point seen during Shanghai’s monthslong lockdown earlier this year
SINGAPORE—China’s central government has laid out preparations to deal with surging Covid-19 infections, while warning local authorities against “irresponsible loosening” of pandemic-control measures.
China would continue to “rectify the practice of excessive measures such as lockdowns, while also opposing irresponsible attitudes and prevent a loosening up,” said Mi Feng, spokesman for China’s National Health Commission during a briefing on Thursday.
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