{"id":132250,"date":"2020-12-12T21:19:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T18:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-coronavirus-cases-on-russia-border-spark-lockdowns-tests\/"},"modified":"2020-12-12T21:19:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T18:19:20","slug":"china-coronavirus-cases-on-russia-border-spark-lockdowns-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-coronavirus-cases-on-russia-border-spark-lockdowns-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"#China coronavirus cases on Russia border spark lockdowns, tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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China has put one northern city in lockdown and launched citywide coronavirus testing in another, after two local infections involving workers at a port and trade zone respectively, authorities have said.<\/p>\n

There was one new case each in Dongning and Suifenhe, which both sit on the country’s border with Russia.<\/p>\n

In Dongning, a 40-year-old maintenance worker at a port tested positive on Thursday, triggering the latest measures.<\/p>\n

Officials there said Saturday it would enter “wartime mode”\u2014temporarily suspending public bus services and road transport, while requiring anyone leaving the city to produce a negative COVID-19 test from the preceding 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Schools will suspend classes and dine-in will be banned at restaurants, while in higher-risk areas only one member of each household will be allowed to leave the home once every two days to buy daily necessities\u2014for no longer than two hours each time.<\/p>\n

In the Suifenhe case, a 39-year-old man who works as a loading and unloading worker at a trade zone tested positive.<\/p>\n

Both cities on Friday announced the launch of citywide testing, expected to be completed in three days.<\/p>\n

China\u2014where the virus first surfaced late last year\u2014has largely brought domestic transmission under control but recently reported local outbreaks in several cities.<\/p>\n

State media<\/a> blamed the recent clusters on imports of frozen food and other shipments.<\/p>\n

After a recent outbreak in Chengdu, officials said the virus was found on food stored in an elderly couple’s fridge.<\/p>\n

There is currently no evidence that people can catch COVID-19 from food or food packaging, according to the World Health Organization.\n <\/p>\n\n

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