A record number of coronavirus infections in Xinjiang, the Chinese region where authorities have been accused of widespread human rights abuses, has prompted concerns the country faces another wave of the pandemic.
China’s National Health Commission on Tuesday announced 64 locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases, marking the country’s biggest one-day spike since March. Of those, 57 were found in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital.
In the last two weeks, 280 cases have been confirmed nationwide. The latest outbreak in China — where Covid-19 was first reported earlier this year — comes as countries across the region suffer resurgences in the virus.
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