Gansu province reports two novel coronavirus cases

Gansu province reported an imported case of novel coronavirus and a domestically transmitted case on Sunday, according to its health commission.

The imported patient entered the Chinese mainland via a port in Shanghai after arriving from the United Kingdom, and then traveled to Lanzhou, capital city of Gansu, said the commission.

The locally confirmed case left Lanzhou for Xianning in Hubei province on Jan 14 and returned by car on Monday with a health code－a digital certificate issued by health authorities.

This person was sent directly to a designated facility for a two-week isolation period. After a medical examination, he was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus on Sunday.

As of Sunday, a total of 46 imported cases were confirmed in Gansu and 36 patients have recovered from the illness.