Beijing | Many parts of China are already past their peak of COVID-19 infections, state media reported on Tuesday, with officials further playing down the severity of the outbreak despite international concerns about its scale and impact.

A summary by Health Times, a publication managed by People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s official newspaper, said infections had been declining in the capital Beijing and several Chinese provinces. One official was quoted as saying nearly all the 100 million people in Henan province had already been infected.

Reuters