Chinese city on Myanmar border orders home quarantine, COVID-19 tests
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Beijing, ChinaUpdated: Mar 31, 2021, 08:33 AM IST
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Ruili also ordered a mass COVID-19 testing drive for all in urban area and will severely crack down on illegal border crossings
The southwestern Chinese city of Ruili that borders Myanmar ordered on Wednesday a one-week home quarantine for residents of the city`s urban area due to new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases there.
Ruili also ordered a mass COVID-19 testing drive for all in urban area and will severely crack down on illegal border crossings, according to a statement from the city government published by the Communist Party authorities of Yunnan province. Ruili is located in Yunnan.
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