China's Xiamen reports 18 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

2021-09-16 15:35:52 GMT2021-09-16 23:35:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

XIAMEN, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The city of Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province registered 18 confirmed COVID-19 cases from 4 p.m. Wednesday to 4 p.m. Thursday, said the city's epidemic control headquarters Thursday.

The 18 cases were all reported in Tong'an District, where travel restrictions have been imposed starting from 6 p.m. Thursday.

Xiamen has identified 1,905 close contacts of the confirmed patients and 2,377 secondary close contacts during its first round of citywide nucleic acid testing that concluded at 8 p.m. Thursday.

All the cases are under treatment at a designated hospital and in stable condition.

The city has reported 66 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Thursday afternoon following the latest resurgence in the province that began on Friday. Enditem

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