Following is a summary of current health news briefs. China reports 34,980 new COVID cases for Dec 1 vs 36,061 a day earlier China reported a slight dip in new daily COVID-19 cases on Dec. 1 with 34,980 infections, of which 4,278 were symptomatic and 30,702 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Friday. That is compared with 36,061 new cases a day earlier – 4,150 symptomatic and 31,911 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. Beijing reports 942 symptomatic, and 3,026 asymptomatic COVID cases for Dec 1 China's capital Beijing reported 942 symptomatic new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections and...