A staff member works in a temporary COVID-19 testing lab in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
HARBIN, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday.
The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County.
All the new confirmed and asymptomatic cases have been sent to designated medical institutions, their close contacts and secondary close contacts have been put under medical isolation, and the places they visited have been disinfected. Enditem
Staff members work in a temporary COVID-19 testing lab in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
A staff member disposes medical waste in a temporary COVID-19 testing lab in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
Staff members work in a temporary COVID-19 testing lab in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
Temporary COVID-19 testing labs are seen in the county stadium in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
Temporary COVID-19 testing labs are seen in the county stadium in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
Staff members work in a temporary COVID-19 testing lab in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
Staff members work in a temporary COVID-19 testing lab in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
Staff members work in a temporary COVID-19 testing lab in Wangkui County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2021. Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
