The second year of the Covid-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more-infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization has said.
2021-01-12 13:35:19 GMT2021-01-12 21:35:19(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) China is using a combination of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 amid the latest resurgence of the virus in Beijing and provinces including Hebei, Liaoning and Heilongjiang.
The number of confirmed and asymptomatic infections of COVID-19 in north China s Hebei Province has continued to increase since the province reported a new locally transmitted confirmed case on Jan. 2. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, a total of 326 locally transmitted confirmed cases and 234 asymptomatic cases had been reported, vice governor of Hebei Xu Jianpei said Tuesday.
The provincial capital Shijiazhuang, where more than 300 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been found since the beginning of this year, launched the second round of citywide nucleic acid testing on Tuesday, said Meng Xianghong, vice mayor of the city.
Experts close in on origins of Hebei cases By ZHANG YU and LI LEI in Shijiazhuang | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-11 07:39 Share CLOSE A courier disinfects parcels before delivering them in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, on Sunday. The city s delivery service resumed to help replenish residents stocks as people are restricted to their homes to curb the virus spread. WANG ZHUANGFEI/CHINA DAILY
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North China s Hebei province on Sunday reported 82 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 49 asymptomatic ones.
The total number of confirmed cases in Hebei stands at 267, of whom 265 were locally transmitted, data from the provincial health commission showed.
The number of COVID-19 cases in North China s Hebei Province continued to surge Monday, as the province reported 82 new confirmed cases, and medical teams from other provinces including Central China s Hubei Province rushed to help.
Staff workers walk past the Huoyan laboratory in a tennis court in Shijiazhuang, north China Hebei Province, Jan. 8, 2021. The Huoyan, or Fire Eye laboratory, w