BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CIEGO DE AVILA -- Dr. Dayan Meneces, 46, works as the head of sanitary control at Cuba's Jardines del Rey International Airport, which mainly serves seaside resorts of Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo.

Like him, thousands of frontline workers guarantee strict fulfillment of nationwide safety protocols in place at the airports' security checkpoints to detect travelers with COVID-19 symptoms and reduce potential exposure of the work force to the virus.

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BEIJING -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 17 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including six locally transmitted cases in northeast China's Liaoning Province, the National Health Commission said Thursday.

Eleven of the new COVID-19 cases arrived from outside of the mainland, including six in Shanghai, two in Sichuan, and one each in Liaoning, Henan and Guangdong, the commission said in its daily report.

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TEGUCIGALPA -- Honduras on Wednesday began to restrict entry of travelers from the United Kingdom and South Africa, where a new strain of the coronavirus has appeared, according to the National Risk Management System.

"For Hondurans and foreigners residing in the country who have stayed or transited in countries of the United Kingdom or South Africa in the past two weeks, mandatory quarantine of at least 14 days is established upon entering the country," the agency said. Enditem

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