China reviews no new native coronavirus case for first time in just about 2 months
For the primary time in just about two months, China reported no new in the community transmitted mainland coronavirus case, including to indicators that it has controlled to stamp out the newest wave of the illness.
China has had 0 native infections since Dec 16 (AP)
China reported no new in the community transmitted mainland COVID-19 case for the primary time in just about two months, reputable information confirmed on Monday, including to indicators that it has controlled to stamp out the newest wave of the illness.
The full selection of COVID-19 instances rose moderately to 14 on Feb. 7 from 12 an afternoon previous, the Nationwide Well being Fee mentioned in a remark, however all had been imported infections from out of the country. Seven of the instances had been in Shanghai, the remainder within the southeastern Guangdong province.
This marked the primary time China has had 0 native infections since Dec. 16, suggesting the competitive steps taken by means of government controlled to forestall the illness spreading farther from primary clusters in Hebei province surrounding Beijing and the northeastern Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces.
The selection of new asymptomatic instances, which China does no longer classify as showed COVID-19 instances, rose to 16 from 10 an afternoon previous, the Nationwide Well being Fee mentioned in a remark.
The full selection of COVID-19 instances in mainland China stands at 89,706, whilst the loss of life toll is unchanged at 4,636.
Reporting by means of Jing Wang and Brenda Goh, writing by means of Se Younger Lee; Modifying by means of Himani Sarkar and Michael Perry
