Shanghai tightens airport checks as imported virus infections in China jump
BEIJING - About a quarter of China’s new confirmed cases and almost all of those outside the epidemic’s epicentre in Wuhan originated outside the country on Friday, according to official data.
Mainland China had 99 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Friday, the country’s National Health Commission said on Saturday, down from 143 cases a day earlier and marking the lowest number since Jan. 20, when the NHC started to publish nationwide figures. There were also three cases in Shanghai that originated abroad, and one in Guangdong province on Friday, according to the National Health Commission.
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