New Chinese Covid-19 cases raise fears of fresh wave of infections as disease returns to Wuhan
- Shulan city in country’s northeast goes into ‘wartime mode’ after a spike in cases, while the capital of Hubei province records six cases in a residential community
- Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first identified, says it has sacked an official for mishandling disease controls
Two separate Covid-19 outbreaks in China, including one in Wuhan, have heightened fears of a fresh wave of infections across the country.
Shulan, a city in China’s northeastern Jilin province, went into “wartime mode” after a rise in local cases over the weekend, while an official was sacked in Wuhan, where the disease first emerged, for his handling of the situation.
Shulan has reported 14 cases over the past two days, all of which were linked to a 45-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Thursday.
Mayor Jin Hua said the city will adopt strict containment measures, which include tests for large numbers of residents and all people coming back from aboard.
Other containment measures include stopping the sale of fever medication and sending all suspected or confirmed coronavirus patients to designated hospitals.