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Coronavirus: don’t let down your guard just yet, cooped-up Chinese residents warned
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Authorities in China have warned the public not to hold unnecessary gatherings or let down their guard in containing the coronavirus epidemic, despite an apparent decline in confirmed cases and deaths from the disease.
A month after the central Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province went into lockdown, efforts to stop the spread of the virus in other parts of the country seemed to be having some effect.
Excluding Hubei, there were just 18 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, a low for this month, Chinese health authorities reported. At the same time, 21 provinces said they had no new confirmed cases.
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Despite the positive signs, state news agency Xinhua underlined a warning from the Communist Party’s top decision-making body against complacency.
“The turning point of the containment has not yet arrived, and prevention and control efforts in Hubei and Wuhan remain difficult and complex,” a commentary published by Xinhua on Sunday said.
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“There are still many people who need treatment. The path of the virus’s transmission is not fully understood yet.
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