China reports first coronavirus case in Wuhan since April 3, partly closes city near North Korea
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China reached 82,901 as of May 9, 2020.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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MAY 10, 2020, 9:51 AM SGT
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BEIJING (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) - China’s National Health Commission reported 14 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday (May 9), the highest number since April 28, including the first for more than a month in the city of Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected late last year.
While China had officially designated all areas of the country as low-risk last Thursday, the new cases according to data published on Sunday represent a jump from the single case reported for the day before.
The number was lifted by a cluster of 11 in Shulan city in north-eastern Jilin province bordering North Korea.
Jilin officials on Sunday raised the Shulan city risk level to high from medium, having hoisted it to medium the day before after one woman tested positive on May 7.
The 11 new cases made public on Sunday are members of her family or people who came into contact with her or family members.
Jilin ordered stringent curbs in Shulan city, closing all but most essential services and requesting residents to stay at home, the province said in a statement on its website.
As of Saturday, Jilin province has reported a total of 105 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases and 19 imported ones.
According to the health commission, the new Wuhan case, the first reported in the epicentre of China’s outbreak since April 3, was previously asymptomatic.
Aside from the Shulan cluster and the Wuhan case, the remaining two new confirmed cases were imported infections. It also said newly discovered asymptomatic cases were at 20, the highest since May 1 and up from 15 a day earlier.
No new deaths were reported, it said.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country reached 82,901 as of May 9, while the total death toll from the virus stood at 4,633, it said.
State-run Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday that Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his willingness to provide support to North Korea in fighting the epidemic in a reply to a verbal message from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
North Korea’s state media reported Sunday that its leader Kim received a message from Xi Jinping, pledging cooperation in “combating the pandemic.”
North Korea has so far claimed to have no coronavirus infections in the country, but reported more than 5,400 people were released from quarantine as of March.
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The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in China reached 82,901 as of May 9, 2020.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PUBLISHED
MAY 10, 2020, 9:51 AM SGT
UPDATED
10 HOURS AGO
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) - China’s National Health Commission reported 14 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday (May 9), the highest number since April 28, including the first for more than a month in the city of Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected late last year.
While China had officially designated all areas of the country as low-risk last Thursday, the new cases according to data published on Sunday represent a jump from the single case reported for the day before.
The number was lifted by a cluster of 11 in Shulan city in north-eastern Jilin province bordering North Korea.
Jilin officials on Sunday raised the Shulan city risk level to high from medium, having hoisted it to medium the day before after one woman tested positive on May 7.
The 11 new cases made public on Sunday are members of her family or people who came into contact with her or family members.
Jilin ordered stringent curbs in Shulan city, closing all but most essential services and requesting residents to stay at home, the province said in a statement on its website.
As of Saturday, Jilin province has reported a total of 105 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases and 19 imported ones.
According to the health commission, the new Wuhan case, the first reported in the epicentre of China’s outbreak since April 3, was previously asymptomatic.
Aside from the Shulan cluster and the Wuhan case, the remaining two new confirmed cases were imported infections. It also said newly discovered asymptomatic cases were at 20, the highest since May 1 and up from 15 a day earlier.
No new deaths were reported, it said.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country reached 82,901 as of May 9, while the total death toll from the virus stood at 4,633, it said.
State-run Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday that Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his willingness to provide support to North Korea in fighting the epidemic in a reply to a verbal message from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
North Korea’s state media reported Sunday that its leader Kim received a message from Xi Jinping, pledging cooperation in “combating the pandemic.”
North Korea has so far claimed to have no coronavirus infections in the country, but reported more than 5,400 people were released from quarantine as of March.
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