Hundreds of villages in China's northeastern Jilin province have been placed under lockdown after a cluster of new coronavirus cases were reported in the region, local government officials say.
for the virus would be carried out across the whole of Shulan city, focusing on the residential communities and key public places where the confirmed cases were located. She added that some 19,228 tests had already been carried out as of Friday.
More than 300 young volunteers also gathered in Shulan to assist with taking temperatures, transportation and psychological counseling, state news agency Xinhua reported. Meanwhile, in a potential display of internal party discipline in the region, the Jilin Provincial Party Committee issued a decision on Friday to remove the incumbent Committee Secretary Li Pengfei, who was replaced by Zhang Jinghui, deputy mayor of Jilin city.
"After the local cases appeared in our city, the Shulan Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government acted swiftly, entered a state of war in an all-round way, took the most stringent control measures, and went all out to prevent and control the epidemic," Mayor Jin said.from coronavirus, on Friday. While, potential new hot-spots have been monitored closely by health officials, including nearby Liaoning.
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