China closed a city on the border with Myanmar and ordered all its citizens to take the Covid-19 test after others inflamed by the coronavirus illegally entered the city from the neighboring country.
State media reported that “wartime” anti-epidemic measures have been launched in Ruili city with more than 200,000 people in Yunnan Province, southwest China, after 3 coronavirus infections were detected.
All citizens of Ruili have been asked to remain indoors as local government begins to conduct massive nucleic acid tests.
Illegal immigrants from Myanmar will be screened in communities, shops, restaurants and sites.
Transport links were interrupted and citizens were ordered to leave the city until there was more ice. Foreigners can enter the city limits.
Trade and businesses have been closed, with the exception of those dealing with essential items, such as pharmacies and food markets.
Infections came here from Myanmar and the Chinese government would “suppress illegal immigrants,” the local said Monday night.
In addition to Ruili, at least 8 border prefectures and 25 border counties are expected to enter the war, strengthen measures against the epidemic and border control to prevent imported cases, local officials said, cited through state media.
Chinese media reported that the government was mobilizing citizens to report “any illegal border crossings in a timely manner, indicating that assistance in any form, providing shelter for illegal intruders, is strictly prohibited. “
News firm AFP quoted Yang Bianqiang, Vice Mayor of Ruili, saying that the city would repatriate those who cannot determine their arrival time in China, referring to others who “do not have a constant and do not have a constant position. work. “
Beijing closed a border crossing with Myanmar in April after internal clashes in the country to a Chinese province.
Myanmar is a must-have component of the China Strip and Route Initiative and was the last country to visit Chinese President Xi Jinping in the third week of January before the Covid-19 outbreak, but closed outside China.
China has largely controlled the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, with the exception of several localized outbreaks, which were added in Beijing in recent months.
The coronavirus made the first impression in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year, before triggering the pandemic and affecting economies around the world.
On Monday, the total number of cases shown of Covid-19 on the continent reached 85,202, a total of 80,426 more people were released and 4,634 died from the disease on the continent, the National Health Commission announced Tuesday in its update.
Eight new imports of Covid-19 were reported on Monday, bringing the total number of imported infections to 2,653.
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