China's Yunnan still grappling with Covid-19 and reports five new locally transmitted cases

KUNMING, July 19 (Xinhua): Southwest China's Yunnan Province reported five new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, five imported confirmed cases on Sunday night (July 18), the provincial health commission said Monday.

Four of the five local cases were registered in the city of Ruili while the remaining one was from Longchuan County under Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture that borders Myanmar. All the locally transmitted cases were identified in the mass nucleic acid testings.