Companies under closed-loop operation 'not largely affected', city official says

The possibility of a large-scale COVID-19 outbreak in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, has lessened, a senior official of the city's health commission said on Tuesday.

"All cases in the current COVID-19 resurgence in Shenzhen since July 15 have been detected at an early stage and the overall epidemic situation is well under control," Lin Hancheng, an official for the health commission, said at a news conference on Tuesday.

The outbreak featured sporadic distribution in residential communities, but the number of new cases in communities has decreased in recent days, Lin said.