epa08934327 People wearing
protective face masks ride sleds and ice bicycles on the frozen
surface of Qianhai Lake, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19 disease)
pandemic, in Beijing, China, 13 January 2021. China had its
highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases in more than five
months with 115 new COVID-19 cases reported on 12 January by
China's national health authority. Three cities were put in
lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus.
According to the National Health Commission, an international
expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) will arrive
at China's Wuhan on 14 January to conduct joint scientific
research with Chinese scientists to investigate COVID-19.
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