China reports rise in coronavirus cases, most from abroad

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China reported a rise in new coronavirus infections, mostly in travellers arriving from abroad, as doctors in the central city of Wuhan, where the virus initially emerged, warned its behaviour was still not well-understood, Reuters reports.

“We can’t say that there is no such potential risk,” said Wang Xinghuan, president of Wuhan’s Leishenshan hospital, its second built especially for virus patients.

China's National Health Commission said 46 new cases were reported, including 42 from abroad, up from 42 a day earlier.

A woman wearing a face mask is seen on a street after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of Covid-19 outbreak, April 10. — Reuters
A woman wearing a face mask is seen on a street after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of Covid-19 outbreak, April 10. — Reuters

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