The Indian Embassy right here on Monday introduced that the flag hoisting ceremony for this 12 months’s Republic Day on January 26 can be confined to its employees solely, citing the resurgence of coronavirus instances in provinces adjoining Beijing and associated restrictions.

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic-related present situation in Beijing and its adjoining provinces, Hebei and Heilongjiang and associated measures, together with restriction of actions, statement of prevention and management measures and prohibition of huge gatherings, the flag hoisting ceremony can be held with participation of officers of embassy solely, a observe from the embassy stated.

Yearly, numerous Indian diaspora in Beijing and close by provinces attend the flag hoisting ceremony on Republic Day and Independence Day on the embassy.

In accordance with the official media right here, 11 Chinese language areas are under de facto lockdown amid the relapse of the coronavirus infections.

A crew of worldwide consultants from the World Well being Organisation has arrived in Wuhan, the place the lethal virus first emerged in December 2019, to conduct the long-awaited probe into the origins of the lethal coronavirus pandemic.

China’s Nationwide Well being Fee (NHC) on Monday reported 109 newly confirmed COVID-19 instances, together with 93 regionally transmitted instances that have been recorded on Sunday.

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Of the regionally transmitted instances, 54 have been reported in Hebei, 30 in Jilin, seven in Heilongjiang, and two in Beijing, the fee stated in its day by day report.

The overall variety of confirmed COVID-19 instances in China reached 88,336 by Sunday and 4,635 folks have died of the illness, NHC stated.

In accordance with the Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker, there are 95,045,802 COVID-19 instances globally, with 2,030,842 deaths.