Sharjah24 - Reuters: Official statistics revealed on Tuesday that 19 cases in Guangzhou and other significant Chinese cities drastically increased, as the global manufacturing center battled its biggest flare-up ever and tested its capacity to prevent a Shanghai-style citywide lockdown.
New locally transmitted infections climbed to 7,475 nationwide on Nov. 7, according to China's health authority, up from 5,496 the day before and the highest since May 1.
The increase was modest by global standards but significant for China, where outbreaks are quickly tackled when they surface. Economically vital cities, including the Chinese capital Beijing, have jumped on the rising infections, demanding more PCR tests for residents and locking down neighbourhoods and even districts in some cases.
The sharp rebound will test China's ability to keep its COVID measures surgical and targeted, and challenge the expectations of investors that the world's second-largest economy could soon reopen its borders or even back off from its zero-tolerance approach.
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