Residents of Chinese border city near Myanmar test negative after COVID-19 cases


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HONG KONG: Residents in a Chinese border city have all tested negative for coronavirus following two imported infections from neighbouring Myanmar, and the city-wide home quarantine would be lifted, the provincial government said on Monday (Sep 21). The transit point of Ruili in southwestern Yunnan province launched the tests for tens of thousands of residents last week. "Apart from the two imported cases, no local cases nor local transmission of the virus were found," the Yunnan government said in a statement. READ: Myanmar races to build field hospital as COVID-19 surge stretches health system Restrictions such as home quarantine for...