China, Japan infections shoot anew

BEIJING: China is facing a new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) flare-up along Suifenhe province, its remote border with Russia located 1,300 kilometers northeast of its capital, as the Health Ministry revealed 243 individuals from the region had been found positive for Covid-19.

The frontier has been sealed and emergency medical units rushed to the area to prevent travelers from bringing the virus back from overseas. The virus originated in China, which is now striving to keep it out while the United States and other countries struggle to bring their own epidemics under control.