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The authorities in China more than 4.4 million residents in the northeastern city of Senyang have been tested after a new outbreak of coronavirus.
To date, only one case has been positive and another has been reported in another city in Liaoning province..
China reported a total of eight cases of internal transmission on Sunday, including several in northeastern Heilongjiang province, an 8-month-old baby in Beijing and one in Hebei province outside Beijing.
The authorities in China remain extra vigilant as new infections continue to emerge.
Both Beijing Province and Liaoning Province have reclassified some areas into the medium risk and isolated residential complexes category where previous cases were discovered.
Two universities in Beijing announced on Saturday that the winter break would start earlier than normal because of the epidemic..
Beijing City also began a large-scale vaccination of priority groups. China approved its first domestically made COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
In Australia, more states and territories decided to reinstate travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus due to new outbreaks in New South Wales and Victoria states.
The Australian Capital Territory prevents the entry of non-residents who have been to Sydney’s North Beaches – where the outbreaks are concentrated -, Greater Sydney and other smaller centers, unless they have a waiver.
The island state of Tasmania has banned access to people directly related to the most recent cases in Victoria, and has pointed to the places where the confirmed cases were located.
The measure was passed after Tasmania declared Greater Sydney and the Wollongong area south of Sydney to be medium-risk areas and travelers had to undergo a 14-day quarantine on arrival with entry prohibited. of people coming from Sydney’s North Beaches.