
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- No coronavirus infections have been reported in China's child welfare centers and minors' assistance and protection institutions, a Ministry of Civil Affairs official said Friday.
Ni Chunxia, an official with the ministry's child welfare division, made the remarks at a press conference.
China has 1,217 child welfare centers, where a total of 65,000 orphans and abandoned children are being taken care of, and 1,806 institutions created to provide assistance and protection to minors, where a total of 5,675 children have received temporary assistance since January, she said.
Nobody in the aforementioned organizations has been infected by the novel coronavirus, the official said.
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