Beijing will lower its emergency response to coronavirus from second to third level. (Representative)
Beijing / Wuhan:
On Friday, Beijing decided to reduce its emergency response to COVID-19, marking the return to normal in the Chinese capital after the coronavirus epidemic, while the central city of Wuhan, the point of origin of the pandemic , has eliminated all of its confirmed cases.
Wuhan has not registered any virus cases after testing 10 million people.
The city of Beijing will reduce its emergency response to the new second to third level coronavirus epidemic from Saturday, a local official said on Friday.
On May 17, the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control declared that masks were not necessary.
Beijing city government said on Friday that the city will lift restrictions on airline and train tickets for people in the central province of Hubei Province, including those in the provincial capital Wuhan, at with the exception of those in medium and high risk areas.
Beijing’s residential complexes will no longer need to take people’s temperatures, although registration is still required, Chen Bei, deputy secretary general of the Beijing municipal government, told media.
In the tourism sector, Beijing will allow domestic group travel under good conditions, with the exception of those from medium and high risk areas.
Incoming and outgoing group visits will remain suspended.
The parks, tourist sites and public places covered will allow more visitors to benefit from strict prevention and control measures.
Certain events, such as conferences, exhibitions, sports matches and entertainment shows, may be organized under certain restrictions, according to the municipal government.
Schools can resume classes in an orderly fashion and masks will not be required for outdoor activities.
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, cleared all of its confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the provincial health commission announced on Friday.
The province’s last three COVID-19 patients were cured on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
No new asymptomatic cases were reported on Thursday, while 217 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation, he said.
Asymptomatic cases, also called silent spreaders, pose a problem because patients test positive for COVID-19 but do not develop symptoms such as fever, cough or sore throat.
Hubei reported a total of 68,135 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 4,512 deaths.
According to the Chinese National Health Commission (NHC), five imported cases, including four in Shanghai and one in Sichuan Province, were reported in the country on Thursday.
Three new asymptomatic cases have also been reported, bringing the total of these cases under medical observation to 297, the NHC said.
On Thursday, the total number of confirmed cases on the continent reached 83,027, including 66 patients who were still on treatment and 78,327 people who had been discharged after their recovery.
A total of 4,634 people died from the disease, according to the NHC.
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