But some places should not “cry wolf” and be too quick to declare that they are entering “wartime mode”, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, referring to a term that has been linked in China to the enactment of harsh Covid-19 prevention measures and saying that some local governments were doing so
China reported 130 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Jan. 15, as authorities continued to battle a severe outbreak in the Northeast that has put more than 28 million people under lockdown.
China's recent COVID-19 outbreaks in the northeast have come from travelers entering the country or contaminated frozen food imports, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Saturday.