The recent COVID-19 cases in Anhui and Liaoning provinces have
contracted the virus via individuals or articles from abroad, said the
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Thursday. The actual infection source of COVID-19 cases in Anhui and Liaoning
is still under investigation, said Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist with
China CDC, at a press conference here. As there were no local transmissions recently, the virus must have
come from infected individuals or contaminated articles from abroad, he
said. "The genetic sequence of the COVID-19 viruses found in the Anhui and
Liaoning cases were the same. We believe the cases were along the same
transmission chain," Wu said. Considering the result of screening tests in the two provinces, the
infection scale will not be as serious as earlier this year, he said. The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported one new locally
transmitted COVID-19 case in Liaoning province, according to the
National Health Commission's daily report on Thursday. A total of 11 new imported cases were seen the same day on the mainland.
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