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A resident gets swabbed for the COVID test in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. More than 253,000 coronavirus cases have been found in China in the past three weeks and the daily average is rising, the government said Tuesday, adding to pressure on officials who are trying to reduce economic damage by easing controls that confine millions of people to their homes. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)