GUANGZHOU, capital of Guangdong Province, has further increased its measures to fight the coronavirus after two subdistricts in the city’s Liwan District were elevated from medium-risk to high-risk areas yesterday. No residents in the subdistricts of Baihedong and Zhongnan are allowed to leave or enter the two areas, as COVID-19 cases and asymptomatic carriers detected in the subdistricts continued to rise yesterday. Staff from communities and property management companies have begun to help purchase and distribute food and daily necessities for the residents after their housing estates have been closed for stricter management. The move aims to block the infection chain of the coronavirus, said Liu Chengyong, deputy director of the Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission, at a news conference yesterday. All passengers taking the city’s public buses and metro trains are now required to show their green health codes and have their body temperature measured before they are allowed to board the city’s buses and trains starting yesterday, to help prevent and control the spread of the coronavirus. All ferry services in the city proper have been suspended, according to a statement released by the city’s transportation department yesterday. Lei Chunliang, president of Guangzhou No. Eight People’s Hopsital, said yesterday the city’s first confirmed COVID-19 case, a local 75-year-old woman surnamed Guo, is now in good condition after weeks of treatment. She will soon be discharged from hospital, Lei said. Guangdong Province registered 10 newly confirmed local cases Tuesday, three of which were previously asymptomatic cases, the provincial health commission said yesterday. Seven of the confirmed cases were reported in Guangzhou and the other three in the city of Foshan. Foshan on Tuesday announced a series of COVID-19 prevention and control measures including issuing stay-at-home orders for residents in some areas and restrictions on people from leaving the city unless they have tested negative for the virus.(SD-Agencies) | 