Chinese health officials announced on the 10th that 103 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed.
It is the first time since July last year that the number of newly confirmed infected people in China exceeded 100 on the 1st, and the number of infected people is increasing in Hebei Province, which is adjacent to the capital Beijing.
The National Health Commission, a Chinese health authority, announced that 103 new cases of coronavirus disease have been confirmed in China on the 10th.
It is the first time in about five months since July 30, last year that the number of newly confirmed infected people in China exceeded 100 on the 1st, and 82 people were infected in Hebei Province, which is adjacent to the capital Beijing. It is the most.
In addition, 76 new asymptomatic infected persons were confirmed in Japan on the 10th and 1st.
In Hebei Province, the infection is spreading mainly in the central city of Shijiazhuang, and local authorities have instructed all 10 million citizens to undergo PCR tests and stay at home in the city. Subways and buses have stopped operating.
The Chinese government is intensifying the sense of crisis about the spread of the infection ahead of the Chinese New Year "Chinese New Year" next month when a large number of people move, and is proceeding with measures such as large-scale inoculation of domestic vaccines free of charge. ..