China’s ruling communist party has released official reports saying that the latest outbreak of COVID-19 has spread to a third province after months of reports about the country having COVID-19 cases. On May 21, a case was reported in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of China’s southern coastal province Guangdong, causing closure and lockdown of a youth center and a university. Meanwhile, more cases have occurred in Yingkou, Liaoning province, triggering the northeastern city to raise its emergency response level to three. Guangzhou authorities announced at a press conference that a 75-year-old female patient went to the fever clinic of Liwan District Central Hospital on May 20 and tested positive for COVID-19. According to the announcement, seven close contacts of the woman have been quarantined, including her grandchild who is a student at a local university. It added that people living and working in Longjin Street in Liwan District and nearby residents must all …