Coronavirus: Chinese authorities lock down Inner Mongolian city and order mass tests in Tianjin after new cases emerge
- Three million people to be screened after five people test positive for Covid-19 in coastal megacity
- Rail and air links to Manzhouli suspended after two cases are detected in remote border city
The Chinese authorities have locked down a city in Inner Mongolia and ordered coronavirus tests for 3 million people in the northern megacity of Tianjin after new Covid-19 cases were detected.
The Tianjin authorities ordered the mass testing in the Binhai New Area after five new cases were detected on Friday, according to state news agency Xinhua.
The city’s health commission said on Saturday morning that one of the cases was a 52-year-old contact of another person who handled imported frozen meat.
The Binhai man went into isolation on November 10 after coming into contact with a cold storage worker who had handled products that tested positive for traces of the virus on November 9, according to local media reports. The products were imported from India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Myanmar.
Earlier this month, Tianjin reported that another positive case was traced back to a close contact of a worker at a cold storage company, which imported pork products from Germany.
