Chinese province neighbouring North Korea reports border area COVID cases | Y100 WNCY | Your Home For Country & Fun | Green Bay, WI

BEIJING (Reuters) - Border areas in China's northeastern province of Jilin, which shares a long frontier with coronavirus-hit North Korea, has reported domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections of unknown origin, a Chinese health official said on Friday. The outbreak had shown a trend of spreading from border areas to inland areas, Lei Zhenglong, of China's National Health Commission, told a news briefing. Jilin province also shares a short border with Russia and Lei did not specify which border he was referring to or say how many cases had been found. This month, isolated North Korea announced its first COVID outbreak since…