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China Reports First COVID Death in 8 Months

VOA News

   China has reported its first COVID-19 death in eight months amid a
   surge in the northeast as a World Health Organization team arrived in
   Wuhan to investigate the beginning of the pandemic.

   The death, reported Thursday, raises the country's death toll to more
   than 4,600, a relatively low number resulting from the country's
   stringent containment and tracing measures.

   China has imposed various lockdown measures on more than 20 million
   people in Beijing, Hebei and other areas to contain the spread of
   infections before the Lunar New Year holiday in February.

   The relatively low number of COVID-related deaths in China has raised
   questions about China's tight control of information about the
   outbreak.

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