China: new coronavirus outbreak detected in Xinjiang city of Kashgar
by Helen Davidson in Taipei and agencies from on (#59H9G)
Authorities test 2.84 million people after 137 asymptomatic cases found - the first local infections in China since 14 October
China has detected 137 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases in Kashgar in the north-western region of Xinjiang after one person was found to have the virus the previous day - the first new local cases for 10 days in mainland China.
All the cases detected on Sunday were linked to a garment factory where the parents of a 17-year-old girl who was found on Saturday to have the virus - but showed no symptoms - worked, a Xinjiang health commission official told a press briefing.
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