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Coronavirus

China starts mass testing 3 million in Tianjin — The Washington Post

China is starting mass testing on 3 million people in a section in the northern city of Tianjin and has tested 4,015 people in a hospital in Shanghai after the discovery of a few cases Friday.

China's Shanghai reports two local coronavirus cases — Reuters

China’s financial hub of Shanghai said on Friday it had confirmed two coronavirus cases in a married couple in the city’s Pudong district, its first locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in 11 days.

1 million Chinese injected with Sinopharm vaccine under emergency use scheme — SCMP

Almost 1 million Chinese have been given an experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by the state-owned Sinopharm under the government’s emergency use scheme, the company’s chairman said.

China to Build on BRICS Coordination for Vaccine Provision and Industrial Innovation — Caixin

President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China is committed to enhancing coordination on the Covid-19 pand…