Alarm in China for a new coronavirus epidemic – News

China today reported nine new cases of the locally transmitted coronavirus in the vast region of Inner Mongolia, where authorities have closed schools and public places, suspended flights and banned banquets and other social gatherings.

The cases were detected in Manzhouli, a town of more than 200,000 inhabitants located on the border with Russia.

Authorities have ordered all residents to be tested for new cases, after recording outbreaks in other parts of the country last week.

Ground transportation to and from Manzhouli has been halted and travel through the city has been restricted, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

China also reported local infections last week in the financial hub of Shanghai and the northern port of Tianjin, although in its update on pandemic figures, the government reported no new cases in those cities. today.

So far, the official coronavirus figures in China are 86,490 infections and 4,634 deaths.