Health: China daily local Covid cases hit two-year high of over 1,500 – Gulf Digital News Health: China daily local Covid cases hit two-year high of over 1,500 – Gulf Digital News Mainland China reported more than 1,500 new local Covid-19 infections on Saturday, the most since the first nationwide outbreak in early 2020, as the Omicron variant prompted Beijing to introduce self-testing kits for the first time. China's current case count is far fewer than those of many other countries, but the growing number could complicate Beijing's "dynamic-clearance" ambition to suppress contagion as quickly as possible. The National Health...