China reported on 27 other cases of coronavirus transmitted in the interior of the country in Beijing on Tuesday, where a new group linked to a wholesale food market has raised WHO concern and triggered a huge program. screening and screening.
These new cases bring to 106 the number of infections confirmed in the Chinese capital in the past five days, the city authorities having locked up more than 20 communities in the city and tested tens of thousands of people.
All indoor sports and entertainment sites in the city were closed on Monday and some other cities in China have warned that they will quarantine those arriving from Beijing.
The National Health Commission also reported four new domestic infections in Hebei Province, which surrounds Beijing, and another in southwest Sichuan Province.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said the new cluster was a concern, given the size and connectivity of Beijing.
“A cluster like this is a concern and needs to be investigated and monitored – and that is exactly what the Chinese authorities are doing,” said WHO emergency director Mike Ryan.
Chinese officials said Sunday that all cases of infection have so far been linked to the Xinfadi market, which 200,000 people have visited since May 30.
Over 8,000 market workers have been tested and sent to centralized quarantine facilities.
Until this recent epidemic, most cases in recent months in China were imported cases imported into the country by Chinese nationals returning home as the pandemic spread to other countries.
Eight other imported cases were reported on Tuesday.
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