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  World   Asia  14 Mar 2020  China reports 11 new imported cases of Covid19

China reports 11 new imported cases of Covid19

AFP
Published : Mar 14, 2020, 12:29 pm IST
Updated : Mar 14, 2020, 12:29 pm IST

The daily tally is the lowest for Wuhan since China started reporting figures in January

A traveler waits near a tourist information booth at the Capital International Airport terminal 3 in Beijing. AP Photo
 A traveler waits near a tourist information booth at the Capital International Airport terminal 3 in Beijing. AP Photo

Beijing: China reported 11 new infections of the coronavirus on Saturday, and for the first time since the start of the epidemic the majority of them were imported cases from overseas.

The National Health Commission said there were four more people infected in Hubei's capital Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in December.

The daily tally is the lowest for Wuhan since China started reporting figures in January.

The other seven new infections -- four in Shanghai, two in Gansu province and one in Beijing -- were of people arriving from overseas, fuelling fears that China's strict containment measures may be undone by people coming in from hotspots in other countries.

Their nationality was not specified. There have now been 95 imported cases.

Another 13 people died, bringing the national toll from the disease in mainland China to 3,189. Nearly 81,000 people have now been infected.

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