24 November 2021, Wednesday, 12:18
China's latest COVID-19 resurgence enters final stage, – official
Medical workers wave to the cured patients discharged from the isolation ward in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Photo by Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng.
The latest COVID-19 resurgence in China has entered its final stage, a health official said, according to The Xinhua News Agency reports.
"So far, eight of the provincial-level regions affected by the latest resurgence have registered no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for at least 14 consecutive days", – said Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission, at a press conference.
"The epidemic situation in the virus-hit border or port cities, including Ejina, Heihe and Dalian, has been dealt with quickly and effectively. Also, multiple provincial-level regions managed to contain the outbreak within around an incubation period", – according to Mi.