Official media reported that “wartime” anti-epidemic measures have been put in place in Ruili city with over 200,000 people in southwest China’s Yunnan province after three coronavirus infections were detected. All Ruili residents have been directed to stay indoors as local authorities are expected to start mass nucleic acid tests for them. The infections travelled from Myanmar and Chinese authorities would “crack down on illegal immigrants”, local officials said late on Monday. The coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year, before triggering the pandemic and affecting economies around the world. Eight new imported Covid-19 cases were reported on Monday, taking the total number of imported infections to 2,653.

Source: Hindustan Times September 15, 2020 06:39 UTC