Bloomberg: Covid-19 spreads to 20th province in China as new cases near 800
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - China's latest Covid-19 outbreak continues to grow as it shifts east through the nation's rust belt, prompting officials to implement increasingly stringent prevention measures in an effort to control it.
The country's health commission reported 68 local confirmed cases on Friday (Nov 5), plus 22 additional infections that didn't cause any symptoms.
Heilongjiang province in the northeast, which accounted for more than one-third of the total, has become the latest epicenter as a mysterious cluster that emerged in the northern border town, Heihe, ballooned despite a city-wide lockdown.
The latest outbreaks have tended to affect schools. At least 20 confirmed cases in Heihe have some relation with schools and kindergartens, reported the Global Times.
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