Chinese authorities are reporting new COVID-19 cases in the country's two largest cities after imposing a lockdown of 1.7 million people in
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The Beijing Center for Diseases Prevention and Control said the city's Daxing District reported 11 cases from Sunday to Tuesday. In a
previous statement the agency had said 9 new cases were
confirmed.Authorities said the patients had continued to go outside and
visit people even after experiencing symptoms of the novel coronavirus,
according to state media.
The Beijing Municipal Health Commission said Thursday in a separate statement the Chinese capital reported two new COVID-19 cases among
Daxing residents on Wednesday. The district, home to Beijing Daxing
International Airport, has been sealed and all businesses have been
ordered closed, while residents are banned from leaving their
buildings.China downplayed an uptick in cases that began in December.
Late last year, the Beijing districts of Chaoyang and Shunyi reported a
handful of cases, but state media claimed all COVID-19 tests yielded
negative results.
Shanghai, China's most populous city, also reported its first local COVID-19 transmissions in months. Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai
Municipal Health Commission, said Thursday authorities have confirmed
three local transmissions for the first time this year, and that the
city's Huangpu District, home to Shanghai's Bund, has been designated a
medium-risk area.
As new cases draw concern from Chinese health authorities, the country's National Health Commission said Hebei Province, the epicenter
of an earlier outbreak, has come "under control."South Korean news
agency Yonhap reported Thursday in recent days Jilin Province, adjacent
to North Korea, reported more than 100 cases, and Heilongjiang Province
reported 150 cases.
China has not banned travel ahead of the Lunar New Year, when the country witnesses what has been described as the largest annual human
migration in the world.The National Health Commission said travelers
must present a negative test result within 7 days of departure, then
quarantine for 14 days after arrival.
In 2020, China imposed a lockdown in Wuhan on Jan. 23, but travelers had already left the city for the holidays.
