Saturday 20 February 2021

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In northern China, there are some concerns and complaints among residents who have been in lockdown for more than 40 days.

China recently experienced its worst outbreaks since the early months of the pandemic. Gaocheng, a district of Shijiazhuang city home to 800,000 people, was one of the worst affected, with more than 880 cases.

China has reported seven new cases in the mainland for Saturday, compared with eight cases a day earlier, the National Health Commission said.

All the new infections were imported cases, it said in a statement. There were no new deaths.

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