BEIJING (Reuters) – Some border areas in China’s northeastern province of Jilin reported domestically transmitted COVID infections in which the source of transmission was not clear, a senior Chinese health official said on Friday.
Jilin’s outbreak has shown a trend of spreading gradually from border areas to inland areas, and officials must closely monitor the risk of the virus being imported, Lei Zhenglong at the National Health Commission told a news briefing.
Jilin province is borders both Russia and North Korea.
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(Reporting by Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
