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The authorities in China tested more than 4.4 million people in the northeastern city of Senyang after discovering a new outbreak of coronavirus.
So far, only one case has been positive and another has been reported in another city in Liaoning Province..
China reported a total of eight cases of domestic transmission on Sunday, including several in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, an 8-month-old baby in Beijing and one in Hebei province outside Beijing.
Chinese authorities remain on high alert as new infections continue to appear.
Both Beijing and Liaoning provinces have reclassified some areas into medium risk categories and isolated residential complexes where previous cases have been discovered.
Two universities in Beijing announced on Saturday that the winter break will start earlier than usual due to the epidemic..
Beijing has also begun a large-scale vaccination of priority groups. China authorized its first domestically manufactured COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
In Australia, several states and territories have decided to reinstate travel restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus due to new outbreaks in New South Wales and Victoria.
The Australian Capital Territory prohibits the entry of non-residents who have been on the northern beaches of Sydney – where the outbreaks were concentrated – into Sydney and other smaller centers, unless they have a waiver..
The island state of Tasmania has banned the entry of people directly linked to the latest cases in Victoria and indicated the sites where the confirmed cases were.
The measure was adopted after Tasmania declared Greater Sydney and the Wollongong area south of Sydney as medium-risk areas and requires travelers to be quarantined for 14 days upon arrival, while entry is prohibited. of people coming from the northern beaches of Sydney.