SHANGHAI/HONG KONG -- China on Wednesday gave up reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases as hospitals in Beijing battled to keep up with a surge of infections, while a top economic planning meeting was reportedly delayed over health fears.
Health agency gives up tracing no-symptom cases as hospitals inundated
The scene outside a fever clinic at Chaoyang Hospital in Beijing on Dec. 13: China's capital has been hit by a wave of infections. © Reuters
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG -- China on Wednesday gave up reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases as hospitals in Beijing battled to keep up with a surge of infections, while a top economic planning meeting was reportedly delayed over health fears.