Chinese Authorities Set Strict Quarantine Rules After Outbreak in Coastal City

Chinese Authorities Set Strict Quarantine Rules After Outbreak in Coastal City
A worker produces protective face masks at a factory in Qingdao, China on Feb. 6, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Authorities in the city of Qingdao in eastern China announced three new CCP virus infections on Oct. 11, all related to a local hospital, although officials haven’t been able to trace the source of the outbreak.

On Oct. 11, authorities said the new cases—a patient being treated at the hospital, a woman who was a medical aide there, and the aide’s husband—were all related to the Qingdao Chest Hospital and shut the facility.

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Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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