The new variant was found in a city about 70 km from Shanghai.
An evolutionary variant of the BA.1.1 branch of the omechron variant was found. Health authorities. The subgroup is not compatible with other corona viruses that cause chlamydia in China or variants found in different parts of the world, the report said.
The municipal government said the cases reported on Friday in the northern Chinese city of Dalian did not match any of the corona viruses found locally. About 12,000 cases reported nationwide on Saturday were labeled as asymptomatic.
Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has arrived in Shanghai, the country’s virus hotspot, to oversee defensive operations. He directed that immediate steps be taken to avert the Kovid blast.
More than 8,000 cases were reported at the financial center on Saturday, including 7,788 asymptomatic infections. A new group inspection will begin in Shanghai on Monday, officials said. The 25 million people in the Kovid hotspot are already on quarantine of some kind.
Meanwhile, in the city of Sanya in Hainan province, authorities have announced that all traffic has been temporarily halted to prevent the spread of Kovid. The military has also stepped in to strictly enforce Kovid restrictions.