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China fears a new wave of Covid-19 cases in the country. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, a new as yet undetected outbreak in a city near the Russian border and the appearance of new positive cases in Wuhan worry Chinese authorities, as they may cause a new wave of infections. The British newspaper highlighted the concern of several users of Weibo, the Chinese social network, one of whom commented on the new cases in Wuhan in this way: “I was relaxed and now it’s starting again, I’m starting to panic again. “Although they are low numbers, China registered last Sunday its biggest increase in cases in two weeks.
A week after China classified all regions of the country as low or medium risk, this Sunday there was even a succession of events showing that the situation may be changing. A Shulan City, a city near the borders with Russia and North Korea was on Sunday classified as high risk. This happened after several cases related to a woman who had no known history of travel or exposure to the virus.
The Guardian reports more troubling signs: On Sunday, China’s National Health Commission registered 17 new cases. It is very little compared to the western numbers (in Portugal, for example, there were 175), but it is still the second day after the increase is double digits and is the highest value in two weeks. Of these 17 cases, five that were broadcast locally in three border provinces with Russia or North Korea (three were registered in Jilin province, one in Heilongjiang and one in Liaoning). In Jilin’s case, the three new cases emerged in the city of Shulan: a 28-year-old woman and two men (one 45 and the other 56). The total in the city is now 13 cases.
Chinese state television CGTN reported that authorities have already quarantined citizens (with the exception of compelling exceptions) and the temporary closure of public places in Shulan, which includes sports facilities, cinemas, libraries or schools (classes will continue through e-learning). ) Public transportation has also been closed in the city and taxis cannot leave Shulan. Authorities believe there were 290 people who had close contact with infected people.
The concern in Shulan is also related to the origin of what appears to be a new outbreak. According to local press, the provincial health commission says that the first recorded case (the “patient zero” of the province) was a 35-year-old woman who did not travel outside the province or any history of contact with people who came from affected provinces or outside the country.
That area now appears to be the focus of the authorities’ attention, and in recent weeks Beijing has decreed border closures and restrictive measures in areas along the Russian border, attributed to people who entered the country. after the reopening of the borders. In the last three weeks of April, 308 people from Russia entered Shulan, eight of whom were quarantined in a hospital in Jilin and 300 in social isolation in the city of Shulan.
But there is more. In Wuhan City, a city badly affected by the virus and where it all started late last year, five new cases were also reported on Sunday. It seems a low number, but relevant, since, as The Guardian recalls, it is also the largest number of new cases in almost two months. Since March 11, there have not been as many cases in Wuhan. After the city has been in near-absolute confinement for months, restrictions have been lifted in recent weeks, which may have fueled this increase in new cases.
So far, China has registered a total of 82,918 cases, of which 78,144 have been cured. Therefore, there are only 141 active cases in the country.
