China reported on Wednesday a decline in new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, although an increasing number of local ...
People wearing face masks are seen at a main shopping area after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease outbreak, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Aly SongBEIJING: China reported on Wednesday a decline in new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, although an increasing number of local transmissions in its far northeast bordering Russia remained a concern for authorities.
The northeastern province of Heilongjiang has become a front line in China's fight to keep out imported cases as infected Chinese nationals return overland from Russia.China has closed the border with Russia at Suifenhe, a city in Heilongjiang with a checkpoint into Russia. Some of the new confirmed cases had been asymptomatic. Two of the latest confirmed Heilongjiang cases on Tuesday were patients who showed no symptoms of the virus previously.
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