New Delhi: Amid the renewed surge of COVID-19 cases in China, authorities are reimposing lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus.
Beijing on Sunday reported five more confirmed infections and one silent carrier amid pressure from both external import and internal resurgences of COVID-19, English-language Chinese newspaper Global Times reported.
Six COVID-19 infections are related to recent flare-ups in other provinces, the report added.
Earlier today, the National Health Commission of China anticipated the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases that resurged in the country lately.
The state media reports said that the latest surge in the cases has been triggered by the Delta variant. Most of the infections that spread in nearly 11 provinces since October 17 have been found to be due to cross-region tourism activities.
Deputy Director of the NHC, Wu Liangyou said that the epidemiological investigations of the infections, discovered 106 out of 133 infections to be from tourism-related activities.
As per the reports, a retired Chinese couple who tested positive for COVID-19 has been blamed for the latest spike in the case in the country as they went on a travel spree across the country. This raised some major questions about China’s Zero-COVID policy.
The cities where the cases have been reported include Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Guizhou and Qinghai.
The official have urged the public to take the booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccines to reduce the risks of the resurgence of the cases, reported Global Times.
Meanwhile, Gansu, China’s Northwest province, has announced the suspension of all tourism activities after a surge in the COVID-19 cases in the region, reported local media.
All tourists in Lanzhou — where most COVID-19 cases in the province were reported — required to stay in wherever place they were and be quarantined, said Global Times.
Gansu registered — from October 18 to Saturday night — a total of 41 confirmed cases, of which 30 are from Lanzhou, seven from Zhangye, two from Jiayu Pass, one from Tianshui, and one from Longnan.
