China reports rise in imported Covid-19 cases

Travellers arriving in Beijing from virus-hit areas are being made to self-quarantine for 14 days.- AFP

BEIJING (AFP): China reported on Tuesday (March 3) an increase in cases of the new coronavirus coming from abroad, as the country where the disease first emerged now worries about importing infections.

In total there have been 13 confirmed cases of the virus being imported into the mainland -- all Chinese nationals returning from overseas.