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UNBELIEVABLE: China orders lockdowns mass testing after record covid surge - The Untold Story

A woman gets tested for COVID-19 in Shanghai, China [Aly Song/Reuters]

China has ordered mass testing in the eastern city of Nanjing in Jiangsu province, the latest measure as the country for a second day in a row reported a record number of COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began.

China on Friday reported more than 32,000 infections in the past 24 hours, up from more than 31,000 reported on Thursday. The vast majority of the cases have been asymptomatic.

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