Medical workers sort out swab samples for nucleic acid test in Ruili City of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on July 5, 2021. Ruili City on Monday imposed entry and exit restrictions after the emergence of new COVID-19 cases. The city reported three new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Authorities have asked people to refrain from entering or leaving the city unless necessary. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
KUNMING, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The city of Ruili in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday imposed entry and exit restrictions after the emergence of new COVID-19 cases.
The city reported three new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Authorities have asked people to refrain from entering or leaving the city unless necessary.
The city's headquarters for COVID-19 prevention and control said an all-inclusive nucleic acid testing would be launched in the city proper and the Wanding area, with the government bearing all test-related costs.
Ruili, which lies along China's border with Myanmar, has reported dozens of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since March 30 during recent outbreaks. The resurgence subsided in April amid tightened anti-epidemic measures and several citywide COVID-19 testing campaigns. Enditem
