Medical workers wait to be disinfected as they line up to submit the Covid-19 samples for nucleic acid test at the centre for disease control and prevention in Fengman District of Jilin City in northeastern China. Authorities have tightened restrictions in parts of Jilin province in response to a local cluster. - Xinhua/Asian News Network
BEIJING: China reported seven new Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases on Monday (May 18) and officials said central government petition offices in Beijing, where people come from across the country to register complaints, will remain closed for the time being as a virus-control measure.
No new Covid-19 deaths have been reported in China in more than a month, although some have been announced retroactively after further tests were performed, and 82 people remain in treatment while another 450 are under isolation and monitoring as suspected cases or after testing positive for the virus without showing symptoms.
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