The new wave of COVID-19 spreading in China!

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Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, reported 117 new infections on Thursday, including 50 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 67 asymptomatic ones, hitting a record number of daily cases since the fresh outbreak started on Saturday.  

As of 10:30 am on Thursday, the international airport in Shijiazhuang canceled 84 percent of inbound flights and 81 percent of outbound flights, data from information provider VariFlight showed. The airport is about five kilometers away from Gaocheng district, the COVID-19 high-risk area in Shijiazhuang. 

Authorities have also imposed temporary closures on railway stations and suspended operations of the long-distance bus transit station in the city.

Three officials in Gaocheng district were held accountable on Wednesday night for failing to fulfil their duties in the recent anti-epidemic work. They include the deputy governor of the district and the deputy commander of the district emergency command. 

Among the 50 newly reported confirmed cases, three patients had attended weddings in various places, and one is a college student in Shijiazhuang. 

Shijiazhuang has reported 83 confirmed cases and 148 asymptomatic patients as of Thursday in the last five days.   The city announced it was entering "wartime" mode on Sunday.  It started the city-wide nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 on Wednesday and has collected about 2 million samples as of 5 pm Wednesday. 

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Source:globaltimes

Editor: Crystal H

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