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Mainland China reported 15 new Covid-19 cases for 11 November, down from 17 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Thursday.
The National Health Commission said in a statement that one of the new cases was a local infection in Tianjin. The remaining 14 cases were imported infections that originated from overseas, the commission said.
The total number of new asymptomatic cases fell to six from 15 reported a day earlier. China does not count symptomless patients as confirmed Covid-19 cases.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in mainland China to date now stands at 86,299, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634.
Denis Campbell and Lisa O’Carroll report:
Thousands of hospital staff will join the drive to vaccinate all adults in England against coronavirus and will be deployed at mass vaccination centres to give the jab to up to 5,000 people a day, NHS officials involved in the plans said.
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