SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is stepping up scrutiny of incoming immigrants and tightening border control after the variety of single-day imported coronavirus cases set a record, assisting double the everyday variety of recently discovered infections.
Workers in protective matches are seen at a registration point for travelers at an airport in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province surrounding Russia, following the spread of the unique coronavirus illness (COVID-19) continues in the country, China April 11,2020 REUTERS/Huizhong Wu
New verified cases in mainland China reached 99 on April 11 from 46 the previous day, with all however two including travelers from abroad. In industrial center Shanghai, 51 Chinese nationals flying in on the exact same flight from Russia tested favorable.
” The danger of imported cases has actually increased drastically,” Wen Guohui, mayor of Guangzhou, an economic center in Southern China, told a news conference on Sunday.
Guangzhou is implementing anti-virus measures on anyone who enters the city from across the nationwide border, despite nationality, race or gender, foreign affairs main Liu Baochun said at the exact same event.
” We hope immigrants can strictly follow anti-virus rules as Chinese do,” he said.
In the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, which reported 21 brand-new, Russia-imported cases on April 11, the local government said its Suifenhe border with Russia will remain closed after April13 The border was temporarily closed on April 9 to contai