China faces rising risks of epidemic spread: NHC
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Updated: 2021-01-20 21:31
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BEIJING -- China is facing rising risks of COVID-19 epidemic as cluster cases have emerged in some parts of the country ahead of the Spring Festival holiday, a health official said on Wednesday.
A total of 757 locally transmitted cases occurred in the Chinese mainland over the past week, said Mi Feng with the National Health Commission at a press conference in Beijing.
The number of close contacts under medical observation reached a ten-month record high, he added.
The newly reported cluster cases mainly occurred in rural areas, Mi said, adding the virus spread in families, communities and schools has posed a challenge to the disease containment effort.
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