China's virus cases rise, access to Shanghai tightened
ABC News
The number of new daily coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China's northeast has more than tripled
BEIJING -- The number of new coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China's northeast tripled Sunday and authorities tightened control on access to Shanghai in the east, suspending bus service to the city of 24 million and requiring a virus test for anyone who wants to enter.
The government reported 1,938 new cases on China’s mainland, more than triple the previous day’s total.
About three-quarters of those, or 1,412 cases, were in Jilin province in the northeast, where access to the industrial city of Changchun has been suspended. Families there were told to stay at home following a spate of infections.
China's infection numbers are relatively low but authorities are enforcing a “zero tolerance” strategy to find and quarantine every infected person.
