China Border City to Burma Tightens COVID-19 Travel Restriction Again

China Border City to Burma Tightens COVID-19 Travel Restriction Again
A street is blocked off as part of COVID-19 coronavirus measures in the city of Ruili which borders Myanmar, in China's southwestern Yunnan province on July 5, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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China’s border city to Burma closed its main point of entry on July 5 due to new COVID-19 infections, coming a day after the Delta variant of the virus was detected in the region.

The city of Ruili’s health department reported three locally transmitted CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases on July 4 after mass testing. But the city’s mayor warned of the “possibility” of more infections while launching another round of nucleic acid testing, in a July 5 press conference.