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Russia Flight Had Half of Infections Found in China Saturday (1)
2020-04-12 11:47:01.214 GMT
By Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- More than half of the coronavirus infections
reported by China on Sunday stemmed from a Russian flight to
Shanghai on April 10, underscoring the possible severity of the
outbreak in Russia.
Shanghai’s Municipal Health Commission said 51 of 52
imported cases on Saturday were of Chinese nationals who were
diagnosed to have Covid-19 after they landed in the city. The
travelers accounted for more than half of 97 imported infections
China disclosed on Sunday morning. No other information was
provided about the flight.
Ninety-two people linked to the Russian flight have been
tracked and quarantined, Shanghai authorities said. It’s not
clear why the Chinese nationals were in Russia.
Russia has emerged as a fresh source of imported virus
infections for China, which seems to have tamed its own outbreak
and has now pivoted toward staving off cases from elsewhere.
China has grounded all but one inbound flight per week for
foreign airlines in a bid to limit imported cases, but new
infections have also found their way back to the country through
land borders, especially the one with Russia.
China isn’t alone in reporting imported infections, which
have increasingly accounted for an increase in confirmed virus
cases for some countries as their governments bring citizens
home from abroad to protect them from outbreaks in those
nations.
China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province has reported
more than 100 imported infections from Russia at its land
borders so far this month.
Russia is tightening a lockdown of its capital amid a
worsening spread of the virus that is straining local health
systems. On Sunday, the country reported the number of new
coronavirus cases increased by 31% overnight to 2,186. That took
the total to 15,770. Twenty-four deaths related to Covid-19 were
reported, double the count in the previous period and bringing
the nation’s total to 130.
--With assistance from Alex Nicholson.
hat tip Jason Gale
Russia Flight Had Half of Infections Found in China Saturday (1)
2020-04-12 11:47:01.214 GMT
By Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- More than half of the coronavirus infections
reported by China on Sunday stemmed from a Russian flight to
Shanghai on April 10, underscoring the possible severity of the
outbreak in Russia.
Shanghai’s Municipal Health Commission said 51 of 52
imported cases on Saturday were of Chinese nationals who were
diagnosed to have Covid-19 after they landed in the city. The
travelers accounted for more than half of 97 imported infections
China disclosed on Sunday morning. No other information was
provided about the flight.
Ninety-two people linked to the Russian flight have been
tracked and quarantined, Shanghai authorities said. It’s not
clear why the Chinese nationals were in Russia.
Russia has emerged as a fresh source of imported virus
infections for China, which seems to have tamed its own outbreak
and has now pivoted toward staving off cases from elsewhere.
China has grounded all but one inbound flight per week for
foreign airlines in a bid to limit imported cases, but new
infections have also found their way back to the country through
land borders, especially the one with Russia.
China isn’t alone in reporting imported infections, which
have increasingly accounted for an increase in confirmed virus
cases for some countries as their governments bring citizens
home from abroad to protect them from outbreaks in those
nations.
China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province has reported
more than 100 imported infections from Russia at its land
borders so far this month.
Russia is tightening a lockdown of its capital amid a
worsening spread of the virus that is straining local health
systems. On Sunday, the country reported the number of new
coronavirus cases increased by 31% overnight to 2,186. That took
the total to 15,770. Twenty-four deaths related to Covid-19 were
reported, double the count in the previous period and bringing
the nation’s total to 130.
--With assistance from Alex Nicholson.