(MENAFN – Gulf Times) * 55 new Covid-19 cases were reported against 103 the previous day
* The province of Hebei accounts for 40 of 42 new local diseases
* Langfang city in Hebei orders home quarantine for all
Authorities in China introduced new Covid-19 loops in areas around Beijing on Tuesday, locking up 4.9 million residents as new diseases raised concerns about a second wave in a largely affected country. bring the disease.
The number of new cases on mainland China on Tuesday almost fell from an earlier day and remains a small fraction of what it saw at the height of the uprising in early 2020. However, local authorities applying tight loops when new issues arise to prevent the kind of economic paralysis seen a year ago.
The National Health Commission reported 55 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, down from 103 the previous day. The province of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, accounted for 40 of the 42 locally transmitted diseases, with the capital and northeastern Heilongjiang region reporting one local issue every man.
The city of Langfang in Hebei said Tuesday that its 4.9 million residents will be placed under home quarantine for seven days and will be subjected to a major COVID-19 test in the latest effort to prevent the spread of the disease. crown virus.
Two Langfang-controlled counties spanning Beijing, Guan and Sanhe, had already announced home quarantine measures. Guan reported one new case of Covid-19 but Sanhe did not say if any of its residents were diagnosed with the disease.
Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei, has been hit hardest by the latest rise in diseases and has already locked up its 11 million people. The province has closed some major roads and is ordering vehicles registered to Shijiazhuang to turn back.
The Gaocheng district of Shijiazhuang is gathering more than 20,000 people living in 12 remote cities into a centralized quarantine as part of Covid-19 city control, China state news outlined Late Monday.
Authorities in Beijing’s Xicheng district said Tuesday that a certified Covid-19 patient from Guan County is working at a building in the area.
New guidance put forward by the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control suggested that taxi and riding operators should suspend car collection services, Beijing Daily, backed by the Communist Party, reported Tuesday.
The guidance also said that drivers should be tested for nuclear acid for coronavirus weekly and vaccinated for operation.
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Other regions in China are reporting confirmed or asymptomatic new cases. Heilongjiang province reported 36 new asymptomatic cases in Wangkui county, which also went into lockdown Monday.
Authorities do not classify asymptomatic cases as confirmed Covid-19 diseases. The city of Yichun in Heilongjiang Province on Tuesday reported one new asymptomatic case involving Wangkui, too.
Determining the risk of the spread, the city of Changchun – the capital of the northeastern Jilin region – reported seven new asymptomatic patients on Jan. 11, four of them had recently traveled from Wangkui.
Residential manure in which these patients lived was locked up, preventing people and vehicles from leaving the building.
Authorities in Wuhan, where Covid-19 first appeared in late 2019, on Monday launched a communications search operation after two infected people from Hebei visited the city.
Across China, the number of asymptomatic cases rose to 81 from 76 days earlier.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases reported on mainland China is now at 87,591, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634.
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