A further 759 people have died in hospital in the UK with Covid-19, taking the total to 18,100 133,495 people have tested positive for coronavirus
BBC Monitoring, Chinese Media AnalystA Chinese city near the Russian border has now “imposed a lockdown on all residential communities and villages”,The city of Harbin, which has a population of 10 million people, is implementing strict measures today, similar to those imposed on the central city of Wuhan during the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak in January.
Media are widely reporting that Harbin’s government has prohibited non-locals, and any vehicles without local licence plates, from entering the city. Communities and villages have also been instructed to guard compounds, and to ensure that anybody entering or leaving can prove that they are healthy. Residents must not go out without a mask, and they are now being told they must comply with temperature checks.
Global Times says that residents are encouraged to report any known returnees who fail to comply with these procedures.Yesterday, state media reported that 4,106 people had recently been screened for the virus, after two clusters of Covid-19 infections were discovered at hospitals there.Article share tools
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