BEIJING: China reported 11 new confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in the mainland on Monday (May 25), up from three a day earlier, the National Health Commission has reported. All of the new infections were imported cases involving travellers from overseas
Attendants wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus refill cups as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang with other delegates attend the second plenary session of China's National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday . - AP
Ten of the new cases were in Inner Mongolia region, with one in the southwestern province of Sichuan. In another development, China's foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the city's security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass pro-democracy protests last year as terrorism.
Pro-democracy activists and politicians say the legislation could erode Hong Kong's freedoms, guaranteed under the"one country, two systems" agreement under which former colonial power Britain returned the territory to China in 1997. He declined to clarify specifics of the proposed laws that have stoked concerns, including when the full legislation would be enacted, what specific acts would be outlawed, and whether it would have retroactive effect.
Police Commissioner Chris Tang cited 14 cases involving explosives which he said were commonly used in terrorist attacks overseas, and five seizures of firearms and ammunition since protests began.
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