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Central government tells local governments: no COVID overkill

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COVID-19 outbreaks look (relatively) contained.

On January 31, China added:

33 confirmed cases and 10 asymptomatic cases – compared to 73 confirmed cases and 5 asymptomatic cases reported the day before

Now Beijing has something else to worry about…

On Sunday, the central government cri...