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    China on Thursday reported its first death from COVID-19 in eight months as the country battles to contain a resurgence in cases – the most in 10 months – and prepares for the arrival of an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO).

    More than 20 million people are under lockdown in the north of the country and one province has declared an emergency, as daily coronavirus numbers climb.

    China had largely brought the virus outbreak under control through a series of strict lockdowns and mass testing. But a further 138 infections were reported by the National Health Commission on Thursday – the most in a single day since March last year.

    Health authorities have no details about the latest death, except that it occurred in Hebei, the province surrounding Beijing where the government has imposed a lockdown on several cities.

    According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, at least 885 patients are currently receiving treatment nationwide, with 24 of them in a severe condition.

    A total of 82,324 patients had been discharged, while 4,635 have died, Xinhua quoted China’s National Health Commission as saying since the outbreak began.

    Authorities last week launched a mass testing drive and closed transport links, schools and shops in Hebei’s capital city Shijiazhuang – the epicentre of the latest outbreak.

    Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu, reporting from Beijing, said that Hebei has also started building new field hospitals to accommodate possible new admissions.

    She added that the latest death and resurgence of cases had come as a “shock” to many, as normal life “seemed to have resumed” for the past few months.

    Neighbouring Xingtai, home to seven million people, has also been locked down since last Friday, as have the five million people of Langfang city.

    ‘Emergency state’

    In a sign of infections spreading, northeastern Heilongjiang declared an “emergency state” on Wednesday, telling its 37.5 million residents not to leave the province unless absolutely necessary and cancelled public gatherings.

    Until Thursday, no new deaths have been officially reported in mainland China since May last year.

    The latest death comes as China prepares for a politically sensitive investigation into the origins of the pandemic by a panel of WHO experts.

    The 10-strong team arrived on Thursday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus was first detected in late 2019.

    Peter Ben Embarek, team lead for the mission, said the group would start with a two-week quarantine at a hotel due to China’s border requirements.

    “And then after the two weeks, we would be able to move around and meet our Chinese counterparts in person and go to the different sites that we will want to visit,” he said.

    “The idea is to advance a number of studies that were already designed and decided upon some months ago to get us a better understanding of what happened,” he said.

    People practise social distancing as they line up for a second round of citywide nucleic acid testing at a residential compound in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province on Tuesday [China Daily via Reuters]

    Long-delayed WHO probe

    The long-delayed trip comes more than a year after the pandemic began and amid political tensions over allegations that Beijing tried to thwart the project.

    Hung Nguyen, a Vietnamese biologist and part of the 10-member team, told Reuters news agency that he did not expect any restrictions on the group’s work in China, but cautioned against the chances of finding firm answers.

    Last week, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “very disappointed” that China had still not authorised the team’s entry for the long-awaited mission but on Monday welcomed China’s announcement of their planned arrival.

    China has been pushing a narrative via state media that the virus existed abroad before it was discovered in Wuhan, citing the presence of the coronavirus on imported frozen food packaging and scientific papers claiming it had been circulating in Europe in 2019.

    “We are looking for the answers here that may save us in future – not culprits and not people to blame,” the WHO’s top emergency expert, Mike Ryan, told reporters this week, adding that the WHO was willing to go “anywhere and everywhere” to find out how the virus emerged.


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    China on Thursday reported its first death from COVID-19 in eight months as the country battles to contain a resurgence in cases – the most in 10 months – and prepares for the arrival of an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO).

    More than 20 million people are under lockdown in the north of the country and one province has declared an emergency, as daily coronavirus numbers climb.

    China had largely brought the virus outbreak under control through a series of strict lockdowns and mass testing. But a further 138 infections were reported by the National Health Commission on Thursday – the most in a single day since March last year.

    Health authorities have no details about the latest death, except that it occurred in Hebei, the province surrounding Beijing where the government has imposed a lockdown on several cities.

    According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, at least 885 patients are currently receiving treatment nationwide, with 24 of them in a severe condition.

    A total of 82,324 patients had been discharged, while 4,635 have died, Xinhua quoted China’s National Health Commission as saying since the outbreak began.

    Authorities last week launched a mass testing drive and closed transport links, schools and shops in Hebei’s capital city Shijiazhuang – the epicentre of the latest outbreak.

    Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu, reporting from Beijing, said that Hebei has also started building new field hospitals to accommodate possible new admissions.

    She added that the latest death and resurgence of cases had come as a “shock” to many, as normal life “seemed to have resumed” for the past few months.

    Neighbouring Xingtai, home to seven million people, has also been locked down since last Friday, as have the five million people of Langfang city.

    ‘Emergency state’

    In a sign of infections spreading, northeastern Heilongjiang declared an “emergency state” on Wednesday, telling its 37.5 million residents not to leave the province unless absolutely necessary and cancelled public gatherings.

    Until Thursday, no new deaths have been officially reported in mainland China since May last year.

    The latest death comes as China prepares for a politically sensitive investigation into the origins of the pandemic by a panel of WHO experts.

    The 10-strong team arrived on Thursday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus was first detected in late 2019.

    Peter Ben Embarek, team lead for the mission, said the group would start with a two-week quarantine at a hotel due to China’s border requirements.

    “And then after the two weeks, we would be able to move around and meet our Chinese counterparts in person and go to the different sites that we will want to visit,” he said.

    “The idea is to advance a number of studies that were already designed and decided upon some months ago to get us a better understanding of what happened,” he said.

    People practise social distancing as they line up for a second round of citywide nucleic acid testing at a residential compound in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province on Tuesday [China Daily via Reuters]

    Long-delayed WHO probe

    The long-delayed trip comes more than a year after the pandemic began and amid political tensions over allegations that Beijing tried to thwart the project.

    Hung Nguyen, a Vietnamese biologist and part of the 10-member team, told Reuters news agency that he did not expect any restrictions on the group’s work in China, but cautioned against the chances of finding firm answers.

    Last week, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “very disappointed” that China had still not authorised the team’s entry for the long-awaited mission but on Monday welcomed China’s announcement of their planned arrival.

    China has been pushing a narrative via state media that the virus existed abroad before it was discovered in Wuhan, citing the presence of the coronavirus on imported frozen food packaging and scientific papers claiming it had been circulating in Europe in 2019.

    “We are looking for the answers here that may save us in future – not culprits and not people to blame,” the WHO’s top emergency expert, Mike Ryan, told reporters this week, adding that the WHO was willing to go “anywhere and everywhere” to find out how the virus emerged.


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China on Thursday reported its first death from COVID-19 in eight months as the country battles to contain a resurgence in cases – the most in 10 months – and prepares for the arrival of an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO).

More than 20 million people are under lockdown in the north of the country and one province has declared an emergency, as daily coronavirus numbers climb.

China had largely brought the virus outbreak under control through a series of strict lockdowns and mass testing. But a further 138 infections were reported by the National Health Commission on Thursday – the most in a single day since March last year.

Health authorities have no details about the latest death, except that it occurred in Hebei, the province surrounding Beijing where the government has imposed a lockdown on several cities.

According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, at least 885 patients are currently receiving treatment nationwide, with 24 of them in a severe condition.

A total of 82,324 patients had been discharged, while 4,635 have died, Xinhua quoted China’s National Health Commission as saying since the outbreak began.

Authorities last week launched a mass testing drive and closed transport links, schools and shops in Hebei’s capital city Shijiazhuang – the epicentre of the latest outbreak.

Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu, reporting from Beijing, said that Hebei has also started building new field hospitals to accommodate possible new admissions.

She added that the latest death and resurgence of cases had come as a “shock” to many, as normal life “seemed to have resumed” for the past few months.

Neighbouring Xingtai, home to seven million people, has also been locked down since last Friday, as have the five million people of Langfang city.

‘Emergency state’

In a sign of infections spreading, northeastern Heilongjiang declared an “emergency state” on Wednesday, telling its 37.5 million residents not to leave the province unless absolutely necessary and cancelled public gatherings.

Until Thursday, no new deaths have been officially reported in mainland China since May last year.

The latest death comes as China prepares for a politically sensitive investigation into the origins of the pandemic by a panel of WHO experts.

The 10-strong team arrived on Thursday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus was first detected in late 2019.

Peter Ben Embarek, team lead for the mission, said the group would start with a two-week quarantine at a hotel due to China’s border requirements.

“And then after the two weeks, we would be able to move around and meet our Chinese counterparts in person and go to the different sites that we will want to visit,” he said.

“The idea is to advance a number of studies that were already designed and decided upon some months ago to get us a better understanding of what happened,” he said.

People practise social distancing as they line up for a second round of citywide nucleic acid testing at a residential compound in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province on Tuesday [China Daily via Reuters]

Long-delayed WHO probe

The long-delayed trip comes more than a year after the pandemic began and amid political tensions over allegations that Beijing tried to thwart the project.

Hung Nguyen, a Vietnamese biologist and part of the 10-member team, told Reuters news agency that he did not expect any restrictions on the group’s work in China, but cautioned against the chances of finding firm answers.

Last week, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “very disappointed” that China had still not authorised the team’s entry for the long-awaited mission but on Monday welcomed China’s announcement of their planned arrival.

China has been pushing a narrative via state media that the virus existed abroad before it was discovered in Wuhan, citing the presence of the coronavirus on imported frozen food packaging and scientific papers claiming it had been circulating in Europe in 2019.

“We are looking for the answers here that may save us in future – not culprits and not people to blame,” the WHO’s top emergency expert, Mike Ryan, told reporters this week, adding that the WHO was willing to go “anywhere and everywhere” to find out how the virus emerged.

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