Authorities in China have tested more than 4.4 million residents in the northeastern city of Senyang after they discovered a new coronavirus outbreak.
To date, only one case has been positive and another has been reported in a different city in Liaoning province.
China reported a total of eight cases of internal transmission on Sunday, including several in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, an 8-month-old baby in Beijing, and one in Hebei province, outside Beijing.
The authorities in China remain on higher alert because new infections continue to appear.
Both Beijing and Liaoning Province reclassified some areas to the medium risk category and isolated residential complexes where previous cases were discovered.
Two universities in Beijing announced on Saturday that winter break would start earlier than usual due to the epidemic.
The city of Beijing also began a large-scale vaccination of priority groups. China authorized its first domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
In Australia, more states and territories decided to reimpose travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus due to new outbreaks in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
The Australian Capital Territory bars the entry of non-residents who have been to the North Beaches of Sydney – where the outbreaks have been concentrated -, Greater Sydney and other smaller centers, unless they have a waiver.
The island state of Tasmania has banned the entry of people directly linked to the most recent cases in Victoria, and has pointed to the places where the confirmed cases were.
The measure was adopted after Tasmania declared Greater Sydney and the Wollongong area south of Sydney as medium risk areas and requires travelers to undergo a 14-day quarantine upon arrival, while entry is prohibited. of people coming from Sydney’s North Beaches.
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