China stories Covid-19 outbreak on border with Myanmar

At least 9 folks have examined constructive for COVID-19 in a Chinese metropolis on the border with Myanmar, well being officers mentioned Wednesday.
Five are Chinese residents are 4 are Myanmar nationals, the Yunnan Province Health Commission mentioned in a report posted on-line.
The metropolis of Ruili, with a inhabitants of about 210,000 folks, mentioned all residents can be examined for COVID-19 and must dwelling quarantine for one week. The residential compound the place the infections have been discovered has been locked down.
The metropolis additionally ordered a crackdown on individuals who cross the border illegally, anybody who shelters them and those that set up such border crossings. It wasn’t instantly clear how the outbreak began.
China has largely eradicated the unfold of the coronavirus and takes strict measures every time a brand new cluster emerges. Ruili has closed all companies besides supermarkets, drugstores and meals markets. Checkpoints have been set as much as limit entry to epidemic-related autos.

The first case was recognized Monday, and subsequent testing of shut contacts and others turned up the opposite ones, the Yunnan Health Commission mentioned.

Three of the contaminated folks, all Myanmar nationals of their 20s, didn’t have any COVID-19 signs. Of the others, 4 Chinese and one Myanmar citizen have been categorised as delicate instances, and the remaining Chinese particular person as an everyday case. They ranged in age from 22 to 42 years previous.