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New COVID-19 outbreak in Xinjiang

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Over the weekend, COVID-19 reared its ugly head in the western city of Kashgar in Xinjiang (Xinjiang NHC).

The timeline:

On Saturday, local authorities discovered an asymptomatic COVID-19 carrier through routine testing.On Sunday, another 137 asymptomatic cases were identified viacontact...