China has reported 37 new coronavirus cases including 25 in Beijing where 183 patients are undergoing treatment, with the city implementing wartime measures to arrest the COVID-19 spread, health authorities said on Friday.<\/p>\n
The National Health Commission (NHC) said that 32 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country on Thursday of which 28 were domestically-transmitted and four were imported.<\/p>\n
Of the domestically-transmitted cases, 25 were reported in Beijing, two in Hebei province and one in Liaoning province, it said in its daily report.<\/p>\n
No deaths related to the disease were reported on Thursday, according to the commission.<\/p>\n
As new cases continued to emerge, Beijing has implemented wartime measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, it said.<\/p>\n
Five new asymptomatic cases were reported on the mainland on Thursday, it said, adding that 110 asymptomatic cases, including 60 from overseas, were still under medical observation.<\/p>\n
Beijing, which is under semi-lockdown after a cluster of cases emerged in the city’s main wholesale market Xinfadi, reported 25 new confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases and two new asymptomatic cases on Thursday, the municipal health commission said Friday.<\/p>\n
Beijing has so far reported 603 confirmed domestically-transmitted cases, including 411 who were discharged from hospitals after recovery and nine deaths, it said.<\/p>\n
As many as 183 patients were receiving medical treatment and 15 asymptomatic cases under medical observation.<\/p>\n
So far, 174 imported cases have been reported in Beijing, with one still hospitalised, the commission said.<\/p>\n
The NHC said that as of Thursday, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland reached 83,325, including 293 who were being treated, with 13 in severe conditions.<\/p>\n
It said that 78,398 people have been discharged after recovery and 4,634 died.<\/p>\n
The authorities are closely monitoring seafood stalls in Xinfadi market which is at the centre of the new coronavirus cluster in Beijing, with a top health expert saying there were similarities to the situation in Wuhan at the start of the outbreak last year.<\/p>\n
Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, told media on Thursday that the findings at Beijing reminded us of the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan last year, which happened at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market .<\/p>\n
The focus of the Huanan investigation was the wild animal stalls, even though the seafood sellers were right next to them, Wu said.<\/p>\n
The World Health Organization (WHO) has already questioned the Chinese officials’ claims that the virus was traced to the imported salmon in Xinfadi.<\/p>\n
Most of the new cases have been linked to the Xinfadi wholesale food market.<\/p>\n
Until a week ago, the Chinese capital had been free of local transmission for 55 days.<\/p>\n
Xinfadi was quickly identified as the centre of the outbreak after the first patient bought fish, followed by many cases that had links to the Fengtai district market.<\/p>\n
More seafood vendors were infected, followed by beef and lamb vendors, Wu was quoted as saying by Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n
The seafood vendors also showed symptoms earlier than others, he said.<\/p>\n
The environmental samples taken from the market have shown that the places selling seafood, beef and lamb had more traces of the virus than others.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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