Italian tourists are re-infecting embattled China with coronavirus as Beijing reported an increase in cases blamed on visitors to the city.
The country had observed a decrease in the number of people infected with Covid-19 thanks to stringent measures introduced by its government.
But there was a sudden uptick in the number of confirmed cases on Tuesday to 24 from 19 the day before, caused by people who arrived from Italy.
They will now be put into a 14-day quarantine joining others from Iran, South Korea and Japan. Measures at Beijing’s airport are set to be stepped up in the coming days over fears infections from abroad could undo its attempts to slow the epidemic at home.
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