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Beijing reports 21 imported COVID-19 cases

Xinhua | Updated: 2020-03-19 10:26

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Staff members help inbound passengers transfer luggage at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, capital of China, March 17, 2020. Beijing has converted the New China International Exhibition Center into a transit center for inbound passengers from countries with high risks of COVID-19. The center, divided into different zones according to the destinations of passengers, is used for people showing no fever, cough and other symptoms in the health quarantine at the airport. Inbound passengers need to undergo temperature screening and fill in a health declaration before leaving the airport customs, and a second temperature detection is required before they enter the transit center. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING -- Beijing reported 21 newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from other countries Wednesday, the municipal health commission said Thursday.

Among the imported cases, seven were from the United Kingdom, seven from Spain, three from Hungary, two from Austria, one from Brazil and one from Luxembourg. That brings the total number of imported cases in the city to 64 by the end of Wednesday.

There have been no new reports of indigenously-transmitted COVID-19 cases in Beijing for 12 consecutive days.

As of the end of Wednesday, Beijing had reported a total of 479 confirmed cases. Of the total, 379 had been discharged from hospital after recovery.

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