On Sunday, China issued stay-at-home orders for millions of people in the northeastern country, as it fights the biggest outbreak of Coronavirus in two years.
China has kept the epidemic largely limited since it was launched during the first outbreak in 2020, with restrictions involving targeted closures, mass tests, and travel restrictions, but things are now out of control due to the highly contagious Omicron strain.
Local authorities in Jilin, the second-largest city in Jilin province, announced that they will isolate about 4.5 million people for three days from Monday night. More than 4000 new Corona cases have been recorded throughout china today; two-thirds are in Jilin province, bordering Russia and North Korea.
Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, said on Saturday that it will tighten restrictions for three days. Since March 11, Changchun's nine million residents have only been allowed to go out once every two days to buy food.
Tens of millions of people are currently under lockdown in other areas, and authorities are rushing to provide hospital beds.
Jilin Province has set up 8 temporary hospitals and two quarantine centers. Tangshan imposed a 24-hour curfew on Sunday in an effort to slow the spread of the virus and will test all of its 7.7 million residents.
Contributed by Israa Farhan
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