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Eight new cases reported on the Chinese mainland

China reported eight new coronavirus cases in the mainland for February 12, compared to 12 cases a day earlier, the health commission said on Saturday.

All of the new cases were imported infections, the National Health Commission said in a statement.

New asymptomatic infections, which China does not classify as confirmed COVID-19 cases, rose to 14 from eight a day earlier.

China saw a major resurgence of the disease in January, when a cluster emerged in the northern province of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing.

The disease spread to northeastern Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces in the country’s worst outbreak since March, triggering an aggressive package of measures including lockdowns in the…