China Reports No New Coronavirus Outbreaks, First Time Since Outbreak Began
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began back in January, China has reported no new locally transmitted infections. At a news conference on Thursday, officials from China's National Health Commission said that although there had been 34 new cases in the past 24 hours, all of them came from people who were recent overseas arrivals.
Although the country has faced significant criticism regarding how it handled the initial outbreak, since China chose to quarantine the province of Hubei, the number of cases in the country has stabilized around 81,000.
In comparison, countries like Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and even the U.S. still haven't seen a slowdown in new cases. If outbreaks in these countries don't slow down, Italy could end up surpassing China in terms of total COVID-19 cases in as little as a week.
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