China’s top disease control official on Thursday arrived in the eastern city of Nanjing, the epicenter of a new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak in China, after the virus reportedly spread to 27 Chinese cities in 15 provinces over a nine-day period.
Among the cities reporting new COVID-19 cases are the capital Beijing, Mianyang in southwestern Sichuan Province, and Zhongshan in southern Guangdong Province.