Corona Cases Rise in Several Cities in China, Lockdown Back? All pages

KOMPAS.com – Case corona virus back on the rise in some regions China, among others in Shanghai, Tianjin, and Manzhouli.

In the latest update, these three regions have reported an increasing trend of infection cases Covid-19 in the last few days.

Nonetheless, experts in China assured the public that the experience China had from the start of the outbreak would help address the risk of a second wave of Covis-19.

2.24 million people test in Tianjin

According to the latest report, Shanghai reported two new local Covid-19 cases on Sunday (11/22/2020) and one case on Saturday (11/21/2020), which were detected from tracing of 15,416 people who had close contact with positive patients.

On Saturday, Tianjin began testing on a large scale involving an estimated 2.24 million residents in the Binhai New District.

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According to local authorities, 10 local infections were recently discovered, eight of which were related to the Binhai New District.

Meanwhile, Manzhouli, China’s largest land port bordering Russia and Mongolia, has been locked or lockdown.

As many as 300,000 local residents were tested after two local Covid-19 infections were reported on Saturday, the source of the infection remains unclear.

Reported The Global Times, Some of the recent cases of infection in China are more or less linked to overseas outbreaks, either via frozen food products or non-frozen import routes.

Imported frozen food

The infection in Tianjin has a close relationship with an employee who works at a frozen food storage factory.

Launch South China Morning Post, the man had been isolated on November 10, after coming into contact with a worker who had tested positive for the virus on November 9.

These frozen products are imported from India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Myanmar.

Tianjin authorities ordered mass testing in the Binhai New District, after five new cases were detected last Friday.

Traces of the virus have been found on frozen food packaging across the country, prompting China to order all imported frozen food disinfected.

Although the World Health Organization (WHO) says the risk of transmission from frozen food products is low.

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Meanwhile, the infection in Shanghai started with a security inspector working at Pudong International Airport, who had no history of contact with imported frozen goods.

It is difficult for China to eradicate the virus corona, while the pandemic is still raging in other countries and imported goods are still being transported to Chinese ports, especially when winter arrives.

Local authorities are still trying to find the origin of the Covid-19 infection case re-emerging.

The mass testing at Binhai is one of a series of similar programs launched in cities across China in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Last month, Kashgar City tested its nearly 4 million inhabitants and Qingdao tested 11 million people.

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