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Chinese local governments ban rural weddings and funerals to halt spread of Covid-19
- The mass gatherings can involve thousands of villagers and have been linked to the latest outbreak in Hebei province
- China reported a total of 136 new infections on Monday, including imported and asymptomatic cases
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Local governments across China are shutting down funerals and weddings to cut the risk of Covid-19 spreading across rural areas.
China reported 55 newly confirmed cases by the end of Monday, including 13 imported cases and 42 locally transmitted ones.
Of the latter, 40 happened in Hebei, the north province surrounding Beijing, one in the capital itself and one in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.
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A total of 81 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Monday, which were not included in the official tally.
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“China will win the victory of controlling the Hebei outbreak in a month, thanks to its strong non-medical intervention tactics,” Shanghai-based infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong wrote on his Weibo account on Monday, but noted vaccination would be the ultimate solution.
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