City in Northern China Placed Under Lockdown After New Infections Reported

City in Northern China Placed Under Lockdown After New Infections Reported
Passengers wearing masks ride the subway in Beijing on Oct. 23, 2020. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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A city in northern China’s Inner Mongolia was placed under lockdown after health authorities announced two local infection cases of COVID-19.

The latest infection appeared in Manzhouli, a city that borders Russia, according to Inner Mongolia’s health commission, which made the announcement on its website at around 5 p.m. local time on Nov. 21. The commission didn’t provide further details, except for saying that people who came into close contact with the two infected people were being located.

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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