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the Chinese National Health Commission, 59 new locally acquired cases were in the Fujian province—up from 22 on Monday.
Three cities in Fujian have accounted for 102 community cases in the previous four days including the popular tourist hub of Xiamen, forcing officials to rollout travel restrictions. The travel restrictions appear to be an attempt to curb the further spread of infections into the rest of the country as China prepares for its week-long National Day holiday season starting on October 1.
Reuters, preliminary tests of the cases in the city of Putian—the epicenter of Fujian’s outbreak—showed that the infections were caused by the highly infectious delta variant. 69.3%. That’s the percentage of people in China who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 according to Bloomberg’s
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