A total of 21 medics from three hospitals in Wuhan City arrived in Urumqi, NW China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to help in COVID-19 screening. The city has declared a "wartime mode" as all local residential communities have been put under "sealed-off management" after the first case in 150 days was reported in Urumqi, with 17 cases confirmed as of July 18.