Chinese province of Jilin under complete lockdown as China faces worst Covid-19 outbreak
Beijing, March 14: Chinese province of Jilin, with a population of 24 million has been put under complete lockdown due to the increased number of Covid-19 cases in the region.
The province reported a total of 895 locally transmitted Covid cases and 131 asymptomatic cases on Sunday, according to the announcement made by the authorities on Monday, said Epidemiologist and health economist Eric Feigl-Ding.
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Additionally, as the outbreak of Covid-19 spreads, China has fired the Mayor of Jilin city. Shenzhen officials imposed a lockdown for one week. Nonessential workers are ordered to stay home and adults have been asked to undergo three P.C.R. tests.
On Sunday, China's National Health Commission reported 3,122 new virus cases, a rise from previous totals from 1,524 on Saturday.
Shenzhen health official Lin Hancheng warned on Sunday that the BA.2 strain is "highly contagious, spreads quickly and has a high degree of concealment", leading to widespread community transmission if control measures were not strengthened soon, wrote the Epidemiologist in his tweet.
Amid a rapid resurgence of Covid-19 cases, a top Chinese infectious disease expert said that it is "not time for China to lie flat" and debate over zero-Covid, instead, Beijing should take the period as an opportunity to lay out anti-epidemic strategies that are complete and sustainable.
Shanghai-based renowned infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong made these remarks in a post on the Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo on Monday. He said that it is "the most difficult period" for China since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
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