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China Reports Covid Deaths for First Time Since January 2021

A Covid-19 testing facility set up at a community center in Shanghai.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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China reported its first Covid-19 deaths since January 2021 as the omicron variant continued to spread across the world’s most-populous nation.

The two deaths were both reported in Jilin on Friday, the National Health Commission said in a statementBloomberg Terminal. Both were older than 60 and had serious underlying conditions, with one of them unvaccinated, an official with the commission said at a briefing Saturday.