China's Zhejiang reports 7 new confirmed coronavirus cases, all from Italy

09:16, March 03, 2020

• Beijing registers 4 imported COVID-19 cases from Italy

  BEIJING, March 6 -- Beijing reported four new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection on Thursday, all of which are imported cases from Italy, local health authorities said Friday.The four confirmed cases have been transferred to designated medical institutions for treatment in Beijing, said

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  Identifying imported cases the focus now

  That 63 confirmed infections of novel coronavirus from outside the country have been reported as of Saturday on the Chinese mainland points to the importance China will have to attach to efforts to guard against imported infections of the new virus.Were it not for three new cases from Italy, Spain a

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  China sees no further COVID-19 spread in prisons

  BEIJING, Feb. 26 -- China sees no further spread of the novel coronavirus in its prison system apart from the confirmed cases in five prisons in Hubei, Zhejiang and Shandong provinces, a senior official with the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday.As of Tuesday, the five prisons had reported 555 con