Beijing reports 14 new imported COVID-19 cases

Beijing reported 14 new imported cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, a local official said Saturday.

Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of Beijing Center of Disease Control and Prevention, said seven of the confirmed cases were from the UK, two the United States, two from Spain, and three others from France, the Netherlands and Italy.

On Saturday, Beijing said that its district-level designated medical institutions have suspended admittance and treatment of COVID-19 patients starting from Friday midnight.

The medical institutions that no longer undertake COVID-19 cases will resume their normal services from midnight Sunday following terminal disinfection, according to an official for the local health commission.