Coronavirus: China’s Guangdong province bears brunt of cases flowing from Hong Kong Omicron outbreak

Name: Hong Kong confirms record 26,026 new Covid-19 infections, 83 deaths as city struggles to contain fif
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China reports 87 new local cases and 147 imported cases, including 53 imported cases in Guangdong

Inner Mongolia, where an outbreak has taken hold for nearly a month, 11 local cases announced – the first time in nearly a week infections fell below 20

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Guangdong province in southern China has recently tightened its pandemic control measures to stop cases coming in from Hong Kong, which is battling an Omicron outbreak. Photo: AP

Erika Na

Published: 3:21pm, 28 Feb 2022Updated: 6:38pm, 28 Feb 2022

Guangdong logged the highest number of imported coronavirus cases in China on Monday, with most originating in its neighbour Hong Kong, a city experiencing an unprecedented outbreak.

Mainland Chinese health authorities reported a total of 87 new local cases and 147 imported cases.

The southern province of Guangdong reported 53 imported cases, with most of the cases coming from Hong Kong. In the southern city of Shenzhen, all 31 imported cases came from Hong Kong.

Guangdong logged 40 confirmed local cases – 30 in Shenzhen and 10 in Dongguan.

In the face of the Hong Kong’s intensifying Omicron outbreak in Hong Kong and the influx of imported cases, Guangdong has tightened pandemic control measures, including imposing stricter rules for truck drivers who travel between the city and the province.

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Hong Kong confirms record 26,026 new Covid-19 infections, 83 deaths as city struggles to contain fif

By Thursday night, 882 truck drivers had been punished for violating cross-border control rules in Shenzhen, according to the deputy director of the Shenzhen Transport Bureau, Xu Wei. The drivers’ exemptions from entry quarantine were either suspended for 60 days or permanently cancelled.