Coronavirus: Shulan goes into lockdown as fears grow over China’s northeast cluster
- Villages and residential compounds sealed off and only one person per household can go out every two days to buy supplies
- At least 34 infections in Jilin province and neighbouring Liaoning are linked to a case in the small city
All villages and residential compounds in the city of 700,000, in Jilin province near the Russian border, were sealed off at noon on Monday, its coronavirus prevention and control group said in a statement.
One person per household is allowed out every two days for two hours to buy necessities. No one can enter or leave villages or compounds with suspected or confirmed cases, with all supplies to be delivered by local stores, the statement said.
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The tough new restrictions – reminiscent of those imposed on Wuhan, where the first cases of the new virus were reported in December – were announced on Monday morning.
It comes as fears mount over a new wave of infections after the first case in the cluster was reported in Shulan two weeks ago. At least 34 people have since been infected in Jilin province and three in neighbouring Liaoning.
The National Health Commission said seven new infections had been confirmed across China on Sunday, including three cases of local transmission – two in Jilin province and one in Shanghai. The other new cases were people who had arrived from outside China.