Nanjing Outbreak Spreads to 27 Chinese Cities

Nanjing Outbreak Spreads to 27 Chinese Cities
A woman receives a test for the COVID-19 in Nanjing, eastern China’s Jiangsu Province on July 29, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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China’s top disease control official on Thursday arrived in the eastern city of Nanjing, the epicenter of a new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak in China, after the virus reportedly spread to 27 Chinese cities in 15 provinces over a nine-day period.

Among the cities reporting new COVID-19 cases are the capital Beijing, Mianyang in southwestern Sichuan Province, and Zhongshan in southern Guangdong Province.

Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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