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Chinese city plans 250,000 quarantine beds to fight virus

A worker wearing a protective suit swabs a man's throat for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing on November 17, 2022. [AP Photo]

China's southern metropolis of Guangzhou announced plans Thursday to build quarantine facilities for nearly 250,000 people to fight surging coronavirus outbreaks even as the national government tries to reduce the impact of anti-disease controls that have confined millions of people to their homes.

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