Xiamen city in East China's Fujian Province has cleared all its high- and middle-risk areas for COVID-19 as of Thursday and declared victory. Northeast China's Heilongjiang, another province hit by the virus in the latest flare-up, also announced that the epidemic is gradually leveling off with zero infections reported in six days.
Life in Putian city in East China's Fujian Province returned to normal on Thursday with all the medium- and high-risk areas being cleared since this round of coronavirus resurgence linked to the Delta variant started in the city in early September.
Local officials in Xiamen declared victory on the epidemic prevention and control of the recent outbreak of COVID-19 at a news conference on Thursday. They also announced that all regions in the city have been downgraded to low-risk for COVID-19.
According to the officials, the 10th round of mass nucleic acid tests in the city's Tong'an district, the last district to report locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, received all negative results. The city has not reported locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in 14 days since September 23.
All check points on the exits from the city were lifted on Thursday evening and people leaving Xiamen will no longer be required to hold a negative nucleic acid testing result for COVID-19, according to the news release.
Starting Friday, scenic spots, tourist attractions, parks and other outdoor and indoor public facilities will reopen in an orderly manner. At the same time, the city's universities, high schools, elementary schools and kindergartens will also resume in-person classes in following weeks.
Northeast China's Heilongjiang, another province that has been struck by a COVID-19 outbreak, also announced on Thursday that the epidemic is gradually leveling off.