SINGAPORE, Dec 29 (Reuters) - London copper prices slid on Thursday, falling from last session's two-week high, as rising COVID-19 infections in China and fears of a global recession weighed on prices.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange lost 0.2% to $8,423 a tonne, as of 0206 GMT, after touching its highest since Dec. 14 at $8,520 a tonne on Wednesday.

The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave up 0.4% to 66,250 yuan ($9,496.03) a tonne.

Spikes in China's COVID-19 cases and the Lunar New Year holiday next month are expected to dampen metals demand in the world's top consumer of industrial metals, although supply concerns could lend some support.

Attention is also focused on a dispute over taxes between Panama's government and First Quantum Minerals. The company's Cobre Panama mine produced 331,000 tonnes of copper last year.

China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine from Jan. 8 in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders that have been largely shut since 2020.

In other metals, aluminium slipped 0.1% to $2,379, zinc gained 0.4% to $3,017.50 and tin added 0.7% to $24,910 a tonne.

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DATA/EVENTS (GMT) 1330 US Initial Jobless Clm Weekly ($1 = 6.9766 yuan) (Reporting by Naveen Thukral; editing by Uttaresh.V)