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China's Xiamen reports 18 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

2021-09-17 10:07

The city of Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province registered 18 confirmed COVID-19 cases from 4 p.m. Wednesday to 4 p.m. Thursday, said the city's epidemic control headquarters Thursday.

 

The 18 cases were all reported in Tong'an District, where travel restrictions have been imposed starting from 6 p.m. Thursday.

 

Xiamen has identified 1,905 close contacts of the confirmed patients and 2,377 secondary close contacts during its first round of citywide nucleic acid testing that concluded at 8 p.m. Thursday.

 

All the cases are under treatment at a designated hospital and in stable condition.

 

The city has reported 66 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Thursday afternoon following the latest resurgence in the province that began on Friday.

[ Web editor:Wu Jianhan, Robin Wang    Source:Xinhua ]