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Suzhou and Hohhot coronavirus hotspots in China ‘triggered by imported cases’
- Health authorities say outbreaks are growing but caused by different strains of the virus
- 80 new cases reported – half of them in Inner Mongolian capital
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Chinese authorities are grappling with two rapidly spreading outbreaks of the coronavirus, both of them triggered by imported cases, according to the National Health Commission.
The NHC said on Saturday that Hohhot, in Inner Mongolia, reported 42 new cases, while the city of Suzhou in the country’s east had 19. In all, 80 new cases were reported across the country.
Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the NHC’s disease control bureau, said the outbreaks in Hohhot and Suzhou were growing quickly and started by imported cases but the former was dominated by the Omicron variant and the latter by the Delta strain.
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A handful of cases were also detected in the border communities of Wenshan, Honghe, and Ruili, in Yunnan province. Wu said the source of infection was still unknown and authorities were working to ensure infections did not spread to the rest of the country.
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China is pursuing what it calls a “dynamic zero-Covid” policy and using mass testing – often millions of people at a time – to contain outbreaks.
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