China reports zero local symptomatic Covid cases for first time since July

Tough measures were deployed after the recent Delta variant outbreak

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China's health authority has reported no new locally transmitted symptomatic Covid cases for the first time since the Delta variant outbreak began in July.

While it is unclear whether the figure will remain at zero in the weeks to come, experts said it was yet another sign that Beijing's zero tolerance" approach was unlikely to be changed.