China has on March 19 recorded zero new or suspected cases of Coronavirus in Wuhan and Hubei provinces three months after the first case was detected in December 2019.
The National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China stated this on their official website.
It read;
There were 0 newly confirmed cases in Hubei (0 in Wuhan), 795 newly cured cases (733 in Wuhan), 8 new deaths (6 in Wuhan), and 6792 confirmed cases (6,674 in Wuhan) Among them, there were 2274 severe cases (2222 in Wuhan).
The COVID-19 outbreak which began in Wuhan, China in December 2019 has no local infections. Cases that were reported (34 new cases) were all imported from overseas.
Last month, China was confirming thousands of new cases every day and was marked as the “most high-risk infection area in the world.”
Despite the initial allegation that top officials mishandled the outbreak, the breakthrough of recording zero cases is likely to be “held as proof of the success of China’s sweeping.”
China’s fight against the virus involved implementing severe quarantine measures as some residents were unable to leave their apartments for a month, strict travel restrictions, and limited and halted transport between major population hubs.
This may be a signal that an end to China’s epidemic might be in sight, with economic life gradually resuming.
However, experts say it will need to see at least 14 consecutive days without new infections for the outbreak to be considered over. These days is to show whether the virus will re-emerge once daily life restarts and travel restrictions are lifted.
China has 80,928 confirmed cases, 3,245 recorded deaths, and 70,420 recoveries.
Globally there are over 200,000 confirmed cases, 8,997 recorded deaths, and 85,785 recoveries
