China's Harbin adds more risk areas as COVID-19 cases rise

A staff member checks nucleic acid testing results of people on a vehicle at an expressway entry in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

HARBIN, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has designated three more neighborhoods as medium-risk areas for COVID-19 starting Sunday.

Harbin currently has 17 medium-risk areas across the city, according to the city's anti-epidemic headquarters.

The provincial health committee reported 10 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Saturday, all in Harbin. The province has a total of 29 local cases and one asymptomatic carrier, according to the committee.