Jilin city in northeast China has closed schools, imposed restrictions on transport and banned gatherings as a cluster outbreak sparks fears of a new wave of Covid-19 infections.Train and long-distance bus services have been stopped, gatherings banned and indoor public venues closed after six new cases
Jilin city in northeast China has closed schools, imposed restrictions on transport and banned gatherings as a cluster outbreak sparks fears of a new wave of Covid-19 infections.
“The current outbreak is very serious and complex and poses a major risk of further spread,” Gai Dongping, vice-mayor of Jilin, told reporters in an online briefing on Wednesday. Anyone who wants to leave Jilin – the second biggest city in the province of the same name – must provide a negative report for a nucleic acid test done in the 48 hours before departure.
Outdoor morning markets where locals shop for groceries would also be closed from Thursday to prevent people from gathering, the city’s urban management bureau said in a statement. “The country’s epidemic prevention and control work has changed from emergency response to a constant reality. This does not mean that our prevention and control measures can be relaxed or we can take a break. It’s not acceptable,” He said at a separate briefing in Beijing. “Epidemic prevention and control is still the top priority and a prerequisite to advance towards comprehensive restoration of social order.
Gai said three national-level epidemic prevention teams had arrived in Jilin city to work with experts from the province to investigate the outbreak.
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