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Lawmakers call for health system revamp

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This morning, the National Health Commission (NHC) released the latest COVID-19 numbers.
More good news (NHC): On May 27, there were only two confirmed COVID-19 cases, imported from abroad into Shanghai and Fujian.

That’sfour consecutive days of zero domestically-transmitted cases.
Only three ...



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