The latest COVID-19 outbreak in east China's Fujian Province has been brought under control, a health official said Wednesday.
Efforts should be made to consolidate the epidemic prevention and control achievements to prevent a resurgence, Mi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC), told a press conference in Beijing.
Mi, however, warned that the epidemic situation in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province is still at a critical stage. He called for intensified efforts to contain the spread of the virus in the region.
Since the latest resurgence began on September 10, Fujian had reported a total of 470 local COVID-19 infections in four cities as of Tuesday, while Heilongjiang had reported 75 local infections during the latest outbreak.
The virus strain behind the recent locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in multiple Chinese cities since July has been identified as the Delta variant, Cui noted.
Wednesday saw 16 imported COVID-19 cases and six locally transmitted infections newly reported on the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
All of the newly added local cases were reported in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, the commission said.
