China records 40 new COVID-19 cases amid fresh outbreak (Ld)


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The National Health Commission (NHC) of China said on Tuesday that 40 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country, of which 27 were in Beijing, after a fresh coronavirus outbreak was detected in the main market of the capital city. Eight of the cases were detected in travellers returning from overseas while 32 were locally transmitted, Efe news quoted the Commission as saying. Beijing’s municipal government announced on Monday that the city was in “war-time mode” to tackle this new outbreak, which has resulted in 106 confirmed cases since June 11. Over 100,000 workers are monitoring 7,120 neighbourhoods,...