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Case Crown of China soared rapidly. Local health officials are now wary of a high increase in cases at the port.
Many imported cases of COVID-19 entered China, the number is approaching 400 confirmed infections from October 17 to October 29. To be precise, there were 377 imported Corona cases recorded by the National Health Commission (NHC).
Quoted from Channel News AsiaIn the end, China finally re-implemented strict rules including the lockdown of several cities. As the whole world tries to coexist with COVID-19, China is still insisting on suppressing transmission to zero cases.
He urged vigilance around border areas and ports to prevent infected incoming travelers from spreading the virus to local residents.
“In the past 14 days, 14 provincial regions have reported new cases of locally transmitted or asymptomatic carriers,” NHC spokesman Mi Feng said on Saturday (10/30/2021).
“The outbreak is still rapidly evolving, and the virus control situation is severe and complicated,” he said.
Heihe, a small northeastern town of 1.3 million people located on the Chinese side of the Amur river on the border with Russia, reported 26 local cases as of October 29, a sharp increase from the previous nine cases on October 28 and only one case on October 27. .
“This outbreak has exposed a weakness of mind among some local authorities,” said Wu Liangyou, another NHC official.
China, especially ports of entry, should strengthen screening tests of people with a high risk of COVID-19 infection and increase monitoring of potential transmission, as the virus is still spreading in surrounding countries, Wu said at a press briefing.
“The survey and virus sequencing results show the cluster in Heihe is not related to the ongoing outbreak especially that hit the northwestern part of China, suggesting that there is a new source of the virus brought in from overseas,” Wu said.
“Many local infections found in northern and northwestern China since October 17 can be traced back to the source of the virus brought in from overseas,” the NHC said last week.
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