China: Nine imported Covid-19 cases; no local cases for record 14th day


Residents wearing mask to protect from the coronavirus watch a water fountain at a retail street in Beijing, China, on Saturday (Aug 29, 2020). About one-third of students returned to school in the capital on Saturday in a staggered start to the new school year because of the coronavirus. - AP

BEIJING, Aug 30 (Reuters): Mainland China reported nine new confirmed cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus) on Saturday, all them imported, the National Health Commission said on Sunday, meaning there were no locally transmitted infections for a record 14th straight day.

The number of imported cases - found in people travelling into the country from overseas - was the same as a day earlier.

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