Photos: China battles new virus clusters; second wave fears rise
Updated On Jul 29, 2020 03:15 PM IST
New virus clusters that were identified in the port city Dalian are now spreading to other provinces in China. Local health officials in Dalian plan to mass-test all six million residents as this cluster had now spread to many cities across the country including the capital, Beijing. China reported more than 100 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus on July 29 while the country continues to battle what might culminate into a second wave of infections.
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People sit socially distanced on chairs as they wait to undergo coronavirus tests at a makeshift testing centre in Dalian, China on July 28. A fresh coronavirus cluster in Dalian has spread to other provinces and prompted fresh restrictions, authorities told AFP. (STR / AFP)
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Health workers carrying out coronavirus tests in a shopping mall in Dalian on July 25. On July 29, China’s Covid-19 cases reached 101- the highest daily figure since April, AP reported. (STR / AFP)
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A health worker carries out a coronavirus test on a resident at a makeshift testing centre in Dalian on July 28. According to AFP’s report, six more cases were reported on July 28, in the industrial port city of Dalian, where a new outbreak first emerged at a seafood processing plant last week, bringing the total number of new infections in Dalian to 44. (STR / AFP)
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People line up to undergo coronavirus tests at a makeshift testing centre in Dalian on July 27. Local health officials in Dalian told AFP that they would conduct mass-test for its six million residents within four days. They announced on July 27 that samples had already been taken from 1.68 million people. (STR / AFP)
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In a bid to stop the surge in cases, Dalian authorities have also banned group celebratory dining activities and ordered customers to display a local “health code” on their phones when entering restaurants, reported AFP. (Tyrone Siu / REUTERS)
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Commuters wearing face masks as a precaution against coronavirus while riding in a subway train in Beijing, on July 29. According to an AFP report, a fresh Beijing case reported on July 27 was linked to an asymptomatic patient who had travelled from Dalian - the first new local case since a cluster in the capital was brought under control in early July. (Andy Wong / AP)
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