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China reduces COVID-19 case number reporting as virus surges

Residents walk by a masked man who registers to get his routine COVID-19 throat swab near barricades laying around a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, on December 14, 2022. [AP Photo]

China's National Health Commission scaled down its daily COVID-19 report starting Wednesday in response to a sharp decline in PCR testing since the government eased antivirus measures after daily cases hit record highs.

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