HEALTH NEWS
China battles against Delta variant outbreak, orders new curbs
Undeniably, Covid-19’s delta variant outbreak has become a major concern around the world including China. The officials revealed that they registered 75 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday with 53 local transmissions, with a cluster linked to an eastern airport now reported to have spread to over 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces.
Responding to this, the cities of China rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions.
Virologist Zhong Nanshan said, “Zhangjiajie has now become the new ground zero for China’s epidemic spread.”
Zhong Nanshan added, “We must cast the net wider when tracing close contacts of the Delta variant.”
Beijing’s National Health Commission (NHC) said that more than 1.65 billion vaccine doses have so far been administered nationwide.