Omicron new subvariants BQ.1 and XBB, which have been detected in Shanghai in imported cases under closed-loop management, have not caused local transmission yet, said Yuan Zhengan, a member of the city s expert advisory group on COVID-19 prevention.
SHANGHAI, July 10 (Reuters) - The city of Shanghai has discovered a Covid-19 case involving a new subvariant Omicron BA.5.2.1, an official told a briefing on Sunday, signalling the complications China faces to keep up with new mutations as it pursues its "zero-COVID" policy.
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Shanghai health commission warned that the city has recently continued to report more locally transmitted positive cases of Covid-19 and that the risk of the epidemic spreading through society remains very high.