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COVID-19 ‘spreads invisible’ in Beijing, Shanghai adds 39 more deaths

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People line up to be tested for COVID-19 in Beijing, China, on April 24 – Photo: REUTERS

Citing data from the National Health Commission China (NHC), AFP news agency on April 24 reported that Beijing recorded 22 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pang Xinghuo said that preliminary observations show that the COVID-19 epidemic has been “spreading invisibly” in the Chinese capital for a week now, affecting the whole country. “schools, tour groups and many families”.

“The risk of potential and ongoing infection is still high and the situation is getting worse. The whole city of Beijing needs to act immediately,” said Tian Wei, an official with the Beijing Municipal Party Committee.

Beijing has so far applied a partial blockade in some communities with cases and tightened epidemic control at gateways throughout the city, requiring people entering to have a negative test for COVID-19 within a short period of time. 48 hours. Those who have been to areas with even one case in the past two weeks are also banned from entering the city.

Meanwhile, the epidemic situation in Shanghai is still serious despite the blockade measures lasting many weeks.

On April 24, China’s largest city said that in the past 24 hours, it had recorded 39 deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths here to 87. Shanghai had its first death on this day. 18-4.

In addition, Shanghai also added 1,401 new cases of community transmission, accounting for the majority of the total of 1,566 new cases in mainland China and about 19,657 asymptomatic cases.

In addition to Shanghai, 16 other provincial-level regions in mainland China also recorded new cases of COVID-19 in the community, including 60 in Jilin and 26 in Heilongjiang.

The 25 million people in Shanghai are facing many problems in purchasing food and accessing common medical services due to medical staff being mobilized to fight the epidemic.

Xinhua News Agency quoted Liang Wannian, head of the NHC’s COVID-19 expert panel, as saying that the government needed to enact more stringent measures to stop the spread of the disease.

Accordingly, China’s top epidemiologist said it was necessary to focus on the source of the epidemic, the direction of spread and vulnerable groups.

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