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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Xian entered its 10th day of lockdown on Saturday as the COVID-19 outbreak has yet to show any solid sign of easing in the country’s epicentre of the latest flare-up. The city of 13 million people reported 174 new local cases with confirmed clinical symptoms for Dec. 31, National Health Commission data showed on Saturday, up from 161 a day earlier. That brings the tally of community transmissions to 1,451 since the first local infection of the outbreak was reported on Dec. 9. The Xian outbreak, which also led to cases in other cities including Beijing, c…