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.