Chinese city on Myanmar border orders home quarantine, COVID-19 tests
Authored By Bharat Sharma
Published: Mar 31, 2021, 03:03 IST | Updated: Mar 31, 2021, 03:03 IST
Medical workers in protective suits attend to people lining up for nucleic acid testing at a residential compound, following imported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections from neighbouring Myanmar, in the border city of Ruili, Dehong prefecture, Yunn
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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