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Covid-19: NYC testing lines grow as omicron hits the city

| Dec 18, 2021, 09:15:04 AM | AP
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With a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and the increasing prevalence of the omicron variant, New York is starting to see long lines at COVID-19 testing centers. While very few cases of the omicron variant have been confirmed so far in the city, federal health officials are estimating that it already accounts for around 13% of virus cases in the region that includes New York and New Jersey. New York state reported nearly 18,300 new cases of the virus Wednesday, the third highest total for any single day since COVID-19 tests became widely available to the public in the spring of 2020. Nearly 83,000 people have tested positive in the seven-day period that ended Wednesday, the most for any such period since last January.

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China Warns Iran War ‘Flames Spreading’ As Beijing Pushes Ceasefire Before Xi–Trump Summit

China has called for an immediate ceasefire in the escalating Iran war, warning that the “flames of war” risk spreading across the Middle East. Speaking in Beijing, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the conflict should never have happened and urged all sides to return to negotiations instead of military confrontation. Beijing portrayed itself as a stabilizing global force while tensions rise between Iran, the United States and Israel. The call comes just weeks before a highly anticipated summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump. China also stressed respect for regional sovereignty while signaling willingness to engage Washington despite deep geopolitical rivalries.

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