Mahjong, poker venues targeted amid new cases
By CANG WEI in Nanjing |
CHINA DAILY |
Updated: 2021-08-04 08:27
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A medical worker works at a nucleic acid testing spot in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, July 21, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Official says 40 patients in Jiangsu's Yangzhou found to have visited sites
To contain the spread of COVID-19, Jiangsu province has suspended 45,371 mahjong and poker lounges, the province's Information Office said on Tuesday.
Zhou Minghao, deputy director of the provincial health commission, said at a news conference on Tuesday that about 64 percent of the 94 locally transmitted cases reported in Yangzhou involved mahjong enthusiasts, and the rest were their close contacts.