New virus cases in China, NZ sound pandemic alarmChinese authorities are testing thousands of people as a new cluster of coronavirus cases sparks alarm. BEIJING: More than two dozen new coronavirus cases in China and the first New Zealand infections in almost a month on Tuesday underlined the immense challenges still ahead in containing the deadly pandemic, even as some EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans. And New Zealand reported its first cases in almost a month -- two recent arrivals from Britain -- prompting authorities to start tracing their movements. The South Pacific nation had declared last week that it had ended community transmission of the virus. In Brussels, Joy Kamel, a student travelling to join her father in France, waited to board a flight to Marseille.

Source: Bangkok Post June 16, 2020 07:41 UTC