China: 54 of 55 new virus cases from abroad

China's National Health Commission on Friday reported 55 new cases of new coronavirus, including 54 it says are imported infections in recent arrivals from overseas.

Once again, re were new cases reported in Wuhan, central Chinese provincial capital where coronavirus was first detected in December.

As number of China's reported domestic cases has dwindled, it has h to cope with infected people coming from abro. Recently, se individuals have been majority of China's new cases.

country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs h anunced late Thursday that all foreign nationals — including residence permit-holders — will be barred from entering China starting this Saturday. All visa-free transit policies will also be temporarily suspended.

Diplomatic workers will be exempt, while foreign nationals coming to China for "necessary ecomic, tre, scientific or techlogical activities or out of emergency humanitarian needs" can still apply for visas, ministry said in a statement.