In the Chinese city of Urumqi, the administrative center of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region — introduced the wartime regime due to new outbreaks of coronavirus. About it reports Reuters.
Plan emergency response was launched after the 17 July in the village has identified 16 cases of infection. In Urumqi temporarily banned people EN masse to gather in one place. Local residents urged not to make unnecessary trips outside the settlement, and ordered to take the tests at all, who still required to leave. It is noted that will also be free testing for the whole city.
All recent HIV infections, including asymptomatic, were identified in the area of Tianshan. Their associated with the holding of several events.
Measures to combat coronavirus led to the cancellation of 17 of July, more than 600 flights at the international airport in Urumqi. From the evening of 16 July, the city also suspended the work of the metro.
Last month in Beijing saw an outbreak of coronavirus infection. Then the government re-imposed quarantine measures, and a new wave failed to stop. In total, China recorded a 83 644 cases of infection COVID-19, 4,634 people have died.
Disclosed the truth about the second wave COVID-19
Earlier on July 18, it became known that the total number of cases of coronavirus infection in the world has exceeded 14 million. Most of the infected people identified in the USA, Brazil and India.
Outbreak of pneumonia COVID-19 caused by a new type of coronavirus, was first reported in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On 11 March, the who announced that the situation can be characterized as a pandemic.
