China's Gansu reports 4 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
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Updated: 2021-10-20 16:17
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LANZHOU -- Northwest China's Gansu province reported four new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases between 11 pm Tuesday and 11 am Wednesday.
The four people, three from the provincial capital Lanzhou and one from the city of Zhangye, are all close contacts of a previously confirmed case, according to a statement from the provincial health commission.
The province has registered a total of eight locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and two asymptomatic cases since new local infections were reported Tuesday.
On Wednesday, local authorities temporarily closed three popular grottoes including a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Mogao Grottoes, to visitors in efforts to contain the spread of infections.
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