COVID-19 UPDATES

AFP
China reported just one new domestic case of the coronavirus yesterday but a dozen more imported infections, heightening fears over the risk of cases brought in from overseas. For the second consecutive day there was only one more fresh infection in Wuhan, the central city where the virus first emerged late last year, the National Health Commission said. New cases in surrounding Hubei province have now been in the single digits for the past seven days, down from a peak of several thousand a day in early February. Wuhan and its 11 million people were placed under strict quarantine on January 23, with the rest of Hubei entering lockdown in the following days. But there has been an easing of restrictions in some parts of the province in recent days, with China saying it has "basically curbed" the spread of the virus.