China-Russia land border crossings were temporarily closed after a surge of imported cases of Covid-19.
Heilongjiang, China’s northernmost province which borders Russia, reported 87 imported cases of Covid-19 in the past few days, 84 of which came from Russia through its northeastern land border. Since Russia shut down international flights earlier this month, the land border between the Russian city of Vladivostok and the Chinese city of Suifenhe had become one of the few entry points for Chinese living in Russia to come home.
Imported infections have become a major threat for rekindling the virus in China after the epidemic began to ease in the country and lockdowns generally came to an end, including the 76-day isolation of China’s epicenter Wuhan. As of Tuesday, there were 1,045 imported cases reported in China from countries around the world, according to the National Health Commission.
Suifenhe implemented Wuhan-like lockdown measures starting Wednesday. All residential compounds will be under closed management, and only one member of a household is allowed to go out to buy necessities once every three days, authorities said. Suifenhe is a small county-level city with a population of 70,000.
The Chinese consulate general in Vladivostok warned Chinese citizens Wednesday not to try to return to China through Suifenhe and other land crossings because of a high risk of infection on the Moscow-Vladivostok-Suifenhe route.
China-Russia land border crossings were temporarily closed after a surge of imported cases of Covid-19.
Suifenhe implemented Wuhan-like lockdown measures starting Wednesday. All residential compounds will be under closed management, and only one member of a household is allowed to go out to buy necessities once every three days, authorities said. Suifenhe is a small county-level city with a population of 70,000.
