China’s Shijiazhuang tightens command of travels to curb virus unfold

 Residents hold out in line for nucleic acid checks at a community in Qiaoxi District of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 6, 2021.  (Xinhua)

The province noted 51 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 circumstances and 69 asymptomatic scenarios on Wednesday, bringing the overall selection of verified scenarios in hospitals to 90, the provincial wellbeing commission said Thursday.

SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — The Chinese city of Shijiazhuang on Wednesday positioned temporary handle in excess of educate travels in an work to control the distribute of COVID-19.

The public safety bureau of Shijiazhuang, capital metropolis of north China’s Hebei Province, has positioned interim epidemic prevention and handle actions at the city’s railway station, with all travellers briefly banned from moving into the station and boarding the trains. Travelers may well contact the railway ticketing department for refunds.

The province described 51 new regionally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 69 asymptomatic circumstances on Wednesday, bringing the total selection of verified circumstances in hospitals to 90, the provincial health fee claimed Thursday.

Amid the recently verified cases on Wednesday, 50 have been noted in Shijiazhuang, while 67 of the asymptomatic circumstances were being also reported in the metropolis.

As of Thursday, the provincial emergency management section has allocated reduction materials really worth 2.38 million yuan (about 368,900 U.S. dollars) to aid Shijiazhuang’s epidemic prevention initiatives. The aid goods consist of 1,000 tents and 4,000 cotton overcoats. The merchandise will assist Shijiazhuang as it carries out citywide nucleic acid screening with epidemic command employees and volunteers stationed to safe medium- and higher-threat locations.

The provincial well being fee on Wednesday dispatched 1,000 medical staff members from other towns in the province to guidance the epidemic control in Shijiazhuang. On Thursday, an additional 2,000 medical personnel are envisioned to be transferred to Shijiazhuang to support speed up the mass nucleic acid testing.

The town has set up 5,011 internet sites to collect swab samples for the checks.   ■