China clears all COVID-19 high-risk areas

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China has cleared all its COVID-19 high-risk areas, as Northeast China's Heilongjiang province downgraded its last two high-risk areas on Monday.

Starting at midnight on Monday, two towns in Bayan county of Harbin were downgraded to low-risk, according to the municipal epidemic prevention and control headquarters.

As of Tuesday, only nine medium-risk areas remain in the country, all in the city of Harbin.