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Coronavirus

China positions itself for ‘vaccine diplomacy’ push to fight Covid-19 — SCMP

Vaccines being developed in China are among front-runners in the hunt for safe and effective immunisations to counter the pandemic. China’s diplomats are saying, if successful, the vaccines will be a “global public good”, a pledge made by President Xi Jinping at a meeting of the World Health Organisation’s governing body in May.

China Strengthens Marketplace Monitoring to Curb Viral Outbreaks — Sixth Tone

China’s top health authority has made coronavirus tests mandatory for individuals working at food markets amid rising infections in parts of the country.

Xinjiang

Xinjiang Authorities Relocate Camp Detainees to Restricted-Access ‘Residential Area’ — RFA

Authorities in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have established a special, restricted-access “residential area” to relocate Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities released from internment …