New positive cases of COVID-19, thought to be the Omicron variant, have been identified in Wuhan, China.
As of Tuesday afternoon, authorities in China’s Hubei Province’s capital verified 14 instances.
According to Xinhua, ten locals and four non-locals have been afflicted in six districts.
Thirteen people had attended a company-sponsored training session that lasted from Friday to Sunday.
All have been sent to a hospital for treatment, according to Li Tao, Deputy Secretary-General of the Wuhan city administration.
An Independent Panel for Pandemic Readiness and Response had accused China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) of slow reaction.
The team 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 former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Clark said China could have been faster in its response, wondering why the discovery of 27 cases in Wuhan was made public one week after detection.
“One question is whether it would have helped if WHO had used the word pandemic earlier than it did”, she said.
The United Nations (UN) agency declared coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, 2020.