Yunnan’s Ruili city tests 13,182 people, all negative

21:14, September 16, 2020

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  SW China border city's COVID-19 tests in full swing to quell epidemic risk

  The Ruili Dong highway tollbooth Photo: VCG.The China-Myanmar border city Ruili in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, which has ground to a halt after illegal border crossings, has tested more than 80,000 residents so far, aiming to detect COVID-19 infections and nip the spread of the virus in the b

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  Chinese city bordering Myanmar reports two imported cases, despite land ports lockdown

  Ruili port in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province links the country with Myanmar.The Chinese city of Ruili, which borders Myanmar in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, reported two imported COVID-19 cases on Sunday after the city put a community under lockdown.The two Myanmar nationals from Mandalay,

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  French PM tests negative after COVID-19 contact

  Jean Castex attends the handover ceremony in the courtyard of the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, July 3, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested negative for COVID-19 after having been in contact with the boss of Tour de France who had tested positive for the coronavirus, Castexs office said on Tuesday."The test undergone today by the prime minister, who does not present any symptom, is negative," said Castexs office in a statement, adding that he will undergo another test in seven days.Castex "is in good form" but "will nevertheless continue to respect the (social distancing) rules, notably by staying at Matignon (office building of the French prime minister) till D+7," it added.Castex spent time in the car of Tour de France Director Christian Prudhomme during Saturdays stage of the cycle race. Prudhomme tested positive for COVID-19 and will go into isolation for seven days, the races organizers said earlier on Tuesday.The prime minister would be subject to the same rules as anyone else and would have to go into isolation if he tested positive, said President Emmanuel Macron earlier during a visit to a youth employment center in Auvergne in central France.France is facing a resurgence of COVID-19 in recent days. On Tuesday, 6,544 new confirmed infection cases were recorded, bringing the cumulative national total to 335,524, while the total deaths since the outbreak of the epidemic went up by 39 to 30,764, according to the data released by the health ministry.