Wuhan in China has actually reported new favorable cases for COVID-19, presumed to be the Omicron version.

Authorities in the capital of China’s Hubei Province confirmed 14 cases as of Tuesday afternoon.

Those contaminated in 6 districts include 10 residents and 4 non-locals, Xinhua reports.

Thirteen had actually gone to a training session held by a company from Friday to Sunday.

Li Tao, Deputy Secretary-General, Wuhan local federal government, stated all have actually been sent out to a healthcare facility for treatment.

An Independent Panel for Pandemic Readiness and Response had actually implicated China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) of sluggish reaction.

The group set up by WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus released its report in January 2021.

It was co-chaired by ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark and previous President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Clark stated China could have been quicker in its response, wondering why the discovery of 27 cases in Wuhan was revealed one week after detection.

“One question is whether it would have assisted if WHO had actually used the word pandemic earlier than it did”, she said.

The United Nations (UN) agency declared coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, 2020.