Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan (center), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of a central government group overseeing the epidemic response in Hubei, inspects a pharmaceutical company in Huangshi, central China's Hubei province, April 23, 2020. (FEI MAOHUA / XINHUA)
HAIKOU/BEIJING – Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan has stressed efforts to eliminate community transmissions of COVID-19 in south China's Hainan province.
The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 360 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 232 were in Hainan province, the National Health Commission said Monday
Sun, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during her recent inspection trip to the island, where more than 6,700 confirmed cases have been reported in Aug.
The vice-premier visited epidemic response headquarters, key communities and important localities in several cities including the coastal resort city of Sanya.
With the number of daily new infections declining in Hainan, and the main transmission chain blocked, the epidemic situation in the province is generally under control.
Sun stressed that Hainan's epidemic prevention and control is at a critical period, demanding a quick victory in the fight against COVID-19.
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She also made detailed requirements on Hainan's COVID-19 response for the next step.
The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 360 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 232 were in Hainan province, the National Health Commission said Monday.
Altogether 1,464 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified on Sunday, including 535 in Hainan and 494 in Tibet Autonomous Region, said the commission in its report.
A total of 293 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Sunday.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 226,042 on the Chinese mainland as of Sunday.
Sunday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226, according to the commission.
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