BEIJING: China on Friday (Aug 13) reported declining numbers of new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day, a tentative sign that the latest month-long outbreak may be waning. The National Health Commission (NHC) reported 47 new locally transmitted confirmed cases on Thursday, the
BEIJING: China on Friday reported declining numbers of new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day, a tentative sign that the latest month-long outbreak may be waning.
Officials have said the Nanjing outbreak, triggered by the highly transmissible Delta variant, most likely started with the exposure of an airport cleaning crew to a passenger jet that arrived from Russia on July 10.The spread of Delta variant in China has prompted the activation of epidemic containment protocols including mass testing, demarcating neighbourhoods deemed risky and restricting movement in affected cities.
"Among the 48 cities where cases occurred, 36 have not reported new infections for more than five days," He Qinghua, an NHC official, told reporters.In the southern province of Hunan, some of the tourists who were quarantined after infections broke out in Zhangjiajie last month were allowed to return home on Friday.
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