Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 08 Aug 2021, 12:01 pm Print
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Beijing: Authorities in Chinese capital Beijing are trying to keep the spread of Delta strain away by imposing travel restrictions from COVID-19 hotsports to the city.
The latest wave of cases erupted at the international airport in the eastern city of Nanjing before spreading to 17 provinces around the country – with no sign of easing, reports The South China Morning Post.
The National Health Commission recorded 75 locally transmitted coronavirus cases on Friday, slightly fewer than the day before, as well as 32 new imported transmissions, it said on Saturday, the newspaper reported.
COVID-19 has spread across the globe.
The virus is believed to have first emerged from Wuhan city in China.
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