China Faces Fresh Virus Threat From Its Border With Russia
- Infected people enter China through land border with Russia
- Imported infections from Russia account for one third in April
Employees work at a sanitizer products workshop in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, March 23.
Photographer: Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
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China is facing a wave of coronavirus infections from Russia, with more than half of the country’s total imported cases in the past two days coming through its northeastern land border.
Heilongjiang, China’s northernmost province that borders Russia, has reported 60 imported cases this month, according to the Health Commission of Heilongjiang Province. All but one entered the Chinese border by car or coach from the nearby Russian city of Vladivostok, after they flew from Moscow, where more than half of Russia’s 6,300 cases have been reported.