BEIJING: China’s COVID-19 cases hit a seven-month high on Tuesday (Aug 10), after a cluster at a test site drove up numbers as the Delta variant challenges Beijing’s grip on the pandemic.
State media has described the current outbreak – which has sparked local lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions – as the most severe since the virus emerged in the central city of Wuhan.
Authorities had brought domestic infections down to virtually zero, allowing economic activity to rebound albeit with tight border restrictions. But now, cases are rising.
On Tuesday, Chinese health authorities reported 143 new coronavirus infections – 108 of them locally transmitted. Dozens of cases came from a COVID-19 testing site in eastern Yangzhou city.
In a sign of the anxiety over even relatively minor outbreaks, several officials have been issued warnings for mishandling mass testing, which city authorities said allowed the virus to spread.
Yangzhou city authorities said “a small number of party members and cadres have yet to perform their duties properly”.
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