China has reported the highest number of new cases of COVID-19 in more than two months – Diseases

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Of these, 15 are of local transmission of the coronavirus – all in the city of Juili, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, on the border with Myanmar. The locals are under house quarantine. Authorities in Julie also began mass testing of the population and banned entry and exit from the city last week.

According to genetic analyzes, the coronavirus was brought to the Chinese city from Myanmar. 11 of those infected are citizens of the neighboring country.

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Juili is a key transit point in the Chinese province of Yunnan, whose authorities are struggling to protect its 4,000-kilometer-long border with Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam from illegal immigrants.

Today, as yesterday, Chinese authorities reported 18 new asymptomatic cases of coronavirus.

There are a total of 90,305 registered infected people in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Macao). According to official data, the country where the new virus appeared at the end of 2019 is ranked 92nd in the world.

No one has died from KOVID-19 in China in the last 24 hours. The death toll in the country remains 4,636.