BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities reported on Sunday what might be the beginning of a new wave of coronavirus cases in northeast China, with one city in Jilin province being reclassified as high-risk, the top of a three-tier zoning system.
FILE PICTURE: Paramilitary officers wearing face masks walk on a bridge over Yangtze river after the lockdown versus the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was lifted in Wuhan, Hubei province, China April 14,2020 REUTERS/Aly Tune
Jilin officials raised the danger level of the city of Shulan to high from medium, having actually raised it to medium from low simply the day before after one lady checked favorable on Might 7.
Eleven new cases in Shulan were verified on Might 9, all of them members of her family or people who entered contact with her or family members.
Shulan has actually increased virus-control steps, consisting of a lockdown of domestic substances, a ban on non-essential transportation and school closures, the Jilin federal government said.
The new cases pressed the overall variety of brand-new validated cases in mainland China on May 9 to 14, according to the National Health Commission on Sunday, the highes