Working group sent to guide Covid-19 control in Liaoning; new outbreak suspected

Customers buy fruits at a market in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province on May 11, 2021. - AFP

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua): The National Health Commission (NHC) has dispatched a working group to guide the Covid-19 prevention and control efforts in northeast China's Liaoning Province, the NHC said on Sunday.

Liaoning reported four confirmed Covid-19 cases between 12am and 7pm on Saturday, with one reported in the provincial capital Shenyang and three others in the city of Yingkou, said the provincial health commission.