China Covid-19 cases surge by 3 times to cross 3,000 in most severe outbreak since 2020

China is scrambling to address its most severe domestic Covid-19 outbreak in nearly two years, reporting soaring cases in a fresh wave that has seen the country tweak its zero-Covid policy by allowing rapid antigen tests (RATs) for public use.After topping 1,000 for two days in a row, locally transmitted cases surged to more than 3,100 on Saturday, this time driven by a spike in symptomatic infections.Local symptomatic cases also went up by more than three times to 1,807, from 476 a day earlier…

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