China added more than 13,000 new Covid-19 infections with state media reporting a case infected with a new subtype of the omicron variant.

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The new iteration of the virus, isolated from a mild Covid-19 patient in a city less than 70 kilometers from Shanghai, evolves from the BA.1.1 branch of the omicron variant

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The report said the subtype doesn't match other coronavirus that's causing Covid in China nor those submitted to GISAID

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A case in Dalian city in northern China reported on Friday also didn't match any coronavirus found domestically

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Almost 12,000 of the cases reported nationwide on Saturday were labelled asymptomatic.

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Cases in the financial hub exceeded 8,000 on Saturday including 7,788 asymptomatic infections. Shanghai will start a new round of mass testing on Monday

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Vice Premier Sun Chunlan arrived in the country's virus hotspot of Shanghai to oversee prevention efforts, as she ordered officials to curtail the outbreak asap.

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