Restrictions back, schools in Chinese city shut again
A city in northeastern China has imposed a partial lockdown, shutting down its railway station and closing recently reopened schools after the emergence of a cluster of Covid-19 infections, local officials said.
The cluster of six cases in Jilin city, which has a population of around four million, has fuelled fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in the country, forcing local authorities to direct the closure of all cinemas and indoor gyms.
Jilin city is located in Jilin province, which borders Russia and North Korea. The city also suspended train services from its main railway station on Wednesday morning, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
The provincial health commission said the six domestically transmitted cases in Jilin were all close contacts of earlier confirmed cases in the city. According to a Reuters report, vice mayor Gai Dongping warned on Wednesday that there is a huge risk the coronavirus could spread further. The new cluster has sent students back to online classes after they returned to their campuses on April 7. China has reported nearly 83,000 cases and 4,633 deaths from Covid-19.
VIRUS APP IS TICKET TO EVERYWHERE
To enter offices, restaurants, parks or malls in China, people must show their status on an app that determines whether they are a virus threat. The green light lets you in. The yellow light could send you into home confinement. The red throws a person into a strict two-week quarantine at a hotel. There is more than one tracking app in China.