It is the first time since the outbreak that the number of new coronavirus cases imported into mainland China from overseas have surpassed the number of locally transmitted new infections, data released from the National Health Commission shows.
By Friday mainland China had 11 new confirmed cases up from eight cases on Thursday, but only four of those – were locally transmitted.The other seven – including four in Shanghai, one in the capital Beijing and two in the northwestern province of Gansu – were all detected in travelers coming into China from Italy, the United States and Saudi Arabia, according to local authorities.
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The virus broke out in China last December but now the worlds second largest economy seems to be threatened by infections from outside its borders while it continues to slow domestically.
The virus has infected 80,824 people in mainland China and more than 138,000 people have been infected globally and over 5,000 lives have been claimed since the outbreak.
