Wuhan reported its first cluster of coronavirus infections since a
lockdown on the city, the epicentre of the outbreak in China, was lifted
a month ago, stoking concerns of a wider resurgence.To get more news
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The five new confirmed cases, all from the same residential compound,
come amid efforts to ease restrictions across China as businesses
restart and individuals get back to work.New confirmed cases reported in
China since April have been low compared with the thousands every day
in February, thanks to a nationwide regime of screening, testing and
quarantine.
And Beijing said on Friday that cinemas, museums and other venues would
gradually be reopened, though restrictions including mandatory
reservations and a limit on numbers of visitors would be in place.
Meanwhile, some Shanghai night spots are open again and Walt Disney Co
reopened its Shanghai Disneyland park to a reduced number of
visitors.All of the latest cases in Wuhan were previously classified as
asymptomatic, people who test positive for the virus and are capable of
infecting others but do not show clinical signs.
Hundreds of asymptomatic cases in Wuhan, which was released on April 8 from a months-long lockdown, are being monitored.
On average, the city has conducted about 47,000 nucleic acid tests each
day since the lockdown was lifted, Reuters calculations based on reports
by Wuhan's health authority show.
China does not include asymptomatic cases in its overall tally of
confirmed cases, now at 82,918, until they exhibit signs of infection.
Mainland China has reported 4,633 deaths.
Wuhan plans to conduct nucleic acid testing over a period of 10 days, an
internal document seen by Reuters showed and two sources familiar with
the situation said, with every district told to submit a detailed
testing plan by Tuesday.
Older and densely populated residential compounds and those with a
concentration of migrant populations should be the focus of the testing,
the document also showed.New outbreaks in China in the past two months
have mainly developed in residential compounds or hospitals, while the
number of asymptomatic cases is not known, as these only appear on the
radar when they show up positive during tests.
As Wuhan reported new cases, Mi Feng, spokesman for China's National
Health Commission, said new infections over the past 14 days in seven
provinces were being traced while cases involving clusters "were
continuing to increase".
The health authority called for stronger protocols at laboratories
handling samples of coronavirus strains and human nucleic acid tests as
well as in transporting them.
"We need to investigate and determine the origin of the infections and transmission routes," Mi told a media briefing.
China's northeastern province of Jilin, which on Saturday reported a
cluster of infections in Shulan, reported three additional cases. Shulan
has been marked a high-risk area, the only place in China now with that
designation.
"We're now in a 'war-time' mode," said Jin Hua, the mayor of Shulan,
which until the weekend had reported no local cases for more than 70
days.
Shulan has imposed a lockdown on its 600,000 residents since the
weekend, with just one member of a household being allowed out each day
to buy necessities.
One of the three cases confirmed in Jilin province on May 10 was from
Shulan. The other two were uncovered through contact tracing of people
who were in contact with earlier Shulan cases.
Nearby Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces each reported one case,
fuelling worries of a regional resurgence.A 70-year-old in
Heilongjiang's capital Harbin had tested negative seven times before
results showed as positive.
Of the new cases, seven were in the northern region of Inner Mongolia
and involved travellers from abroad.Across China, the number of new
asymptomatic coronavirus cases fell to 12 on May 10, compared with 20 a
day earlier.
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