China has imposed drastic measures because of new corona cases. 20 new corona infections have been reported in Guangdong Province. The biggest outbreak in months.
Beijing – Because of new corona cases, China’s authorities have imposed travel restrictions, canceled flights and ordered mass tests in the most populous province of Guangdong. People who want to leave the provincial capital, Canton, north of Hong Kong, have to present a negative Corona test * from Monday evening, as the city administration announced.
In the industrial city of Canton, which has almost 15 million inhabitants, 18 new corona cases were reported on Monday – all with the Indian virus variant *.
WHO will in future name coronavirus variants according to Greek letters
The World Health Organization (WHO) will in future name the coronavirus variants according to Greek letters.
The so-called British variant B.1.1.7 is now called Alpha according to the new system, the mutant B.1.351, discovered for the first time in South Africa, becomes Beta , and the Brazilian variant P.1 becomes Gamma . In the so-called Indian variant B.1.617 , a distinction is made between the worrying variant B.1.617.2 , which becomes Delta , and the variant B.1.617.1 , which is currently classified as “of interest”. It is now called Kappa .
Corona outbreak in China – mass tests arranged
The residents of entire city districts now have to be tested for the corona virus. The nearby cities of Foshan and Shenzhen, where new infections were also confirmed last week, also ordered mass tests. Hundreds of flights were canceled at Canton international airport on Monday.
China imposes lockdown due to virus variant
All new cases of infection in Canton are due to the “rapidly spreading” virus variant that first appeared in India, said the official Chen Bin on Sunday. The authorities in Canton had already imposed a lockdown in the inner city district of Liwan on Saturday. Markets and schools have been closed and residents have to stay at home for the time being.
China had the corona pandemic largely under control after just a few months with rigid measures such as the cordoning off of entire cities. Individual sources of infection are contained with mass tests and local lockdowns. The new sources of infection in Guangdong Province, which has a total of 100 million inhabitants, have now alerted the authorities. (afp) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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