New CCP Virus Outbreaks Spark Panic in Northeastern China

Health workers are conducting nucleic acid tests on residents of Chengdu, China, on Dec. 8, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Another area of China has been ordered to “wartime” status after some COVID-19 cases were reported.

The northeastern cities of Dongning and Suifenhe, in Heilongjiang Province adjacent to Russia, banned some transportation services and road travel while residents were ordered to take nucleic acid tests for the disease.