Latest COVID-19 flare-ups in China is 'being controlled'

2021-02-23 Expat Focus

Hebei, which was badly hit by the virus in the latest flare-up, also began ending lockdowns and resuming businesses. After experiencing a peak of infections from January 10 to 15, which saw an average daily increase of almost 80 cases, the numbers started to drop continuously, with only one new confirmed case found on Sunday in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei, local authorities stated in the latest epidemic report. 

"Hebei's quick reaction to the epidemic has brought the situation under control in a timely manner," Yang Zhanqiu, deputy director of the pathogen biology department at Wuhan University, told the Global Times on Monday.

Heilongjiang reported 22 new confirmed patients on Monday, 13 of whom are from the province's capital of Harbin, bringing the total to 515 cases. The local health commission said that all of the cases were found during centralized quarantine or large-scale COVID-19 screening, and all close contacts have been found and are under clinical observation. 

Another province in Northeast China, Jilin, which saw 350 people become infected from the recent outbreak, are also reporting fewer cases, with only four new cases discovered after they were taken into quarantine as a key monitoring group. 

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