Moreover, all active cases were imported from abroad.

New carriers of the infection have been identified in Guangdong, Yunnan, Shanghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Fujian and Shandong.

In total, 612 people are currently sick with coronavirus (including 30 severe cases), another 19,907 people remain under medical supervision due to suspected COVID-19.

Earlier, virologist Jonathan Latham and biologist Allison Wilson said that coronavirus infection could adapt to the human body in China back in 2012.