China defends against incoming second wave of coronavirus

People wearing face masks taking a walk at a nearby jetty, in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak, on Sunday (March 29). - Reuters

WUHAN: A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China, where the epidemic originated in December, risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had "basically been stopped", a senior health official said on Sunday (March 29).

China, where the disease first emerged in the central city of Wuhan, had an accumulated total of 693 cases entering from overseas, which meant "the possibility of a new round of infections remains relatively big", Mi Feng, spokesman for the National Health Commission (NHC), said.