BEIJING — Here are the latest developments on COVID-19 in China:
— Chinese health authority said on May 16 that it received reports of eight new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on May 15, of which six were imported.
The other two domestically transmitted cases were reported in Jilin province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
— The Jilin provincial health commission said the two domestically transmitted cases were close contacts of earlier confirmed cases in the cities of Jilin and Shulan.
— No new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in Central China's Hubei province on May 15, the provincial health commission said on May 16.
By the end of May 15, Hubei still had six confirmed COVID-19 cases, all in the provincial capital of Wuhan, including one in severe condition and one in critical condition.
— Wuhan-based Zall Foundation in Hubei province that was hard hit by COVID-19 has donated a batch of medical supplies to France to aid the country's fight against the epidemic.
The donation, worth about 3.1 million yuan ($436,500), included 500,000 disposable medical masks and 10,000 medical protective suits. The supplies are expected to arrive in France next week.
— China's medical services have been restored to 85 percent of what they were a year ago amid regular epidemic control efforts, a health official said on May 16.
In some areas, medical services have fully resumed, said Guo Yanhong, an official with the National Health Commission, at a press conference in Beijing.