China's latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region, and India has reached over one million cases of COVID-19. As cases of the virus continue to rise across the world, here are the latest developments in Asia
BEIJING -- China's latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Xinjiang is a vast, thinly populated region of mountains and deserts and had seen little impact from the pandemic that emerged from the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year and was largely contained within China in March.Another five new cases reported Monday by the National Health Commission were imported.
No specific figures were given for those accused of violating quarantine rules and travel restrictions, although there have been relatively few such cases reported in official media.
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