China will ban all non-residents and outside vehicles from residential areas of the city of Harbin — near the country's northeast border with Russia — in a bid to curb coronavirus.
Most of the new cases reported recently in China have been concentrated in Heilongjiang province, of which Harbin is the capital, primarily because of the large number of mainly Chinese citizens flying in from Russia.
The land border between China and Russia has already been shut due to the pandemic. Earlier, the city had imposed a strict 28-day quarantine for anyone arriving from outside China. "All confirmed cases, suspected cases, close contacts of asymptomatic people and close contacts of close contacts should be quarantined and tested," Harbin's municipal government announced Wednesday, as reported by local state media.
Harbin on Tuesday reported seven new local infections, bringing the total number of active cases there to 52. The government also said Wednesday it would lock down for two weeks residential buildings where confirmed and asymptomatic cases had been found, according to Reuters.
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