Jilin vows all-out effort to contain outbreak

On Tuesday, the Red Cross Society in the province called on the whole of society to donate materials for epidemic prevention and control.

Protective equipment, disinfectants and medicine are needed, it said in a statement, adding that donations of money will be also accepted via designated channels.

Medical teams have been dispatched from around China to help curb the outbreak. According to the Changchun city government, 1,014 medical workers and over 25 metric tons of medical supplies had arrived in the provincial capital by Monday.

Key groups, including people under home quarantine, close contacts of positive cases, travelers who have returned from overseas and those under locked down management in controlled areas should test themselves daily using rapid antigen tests in the first five days of quarantine, according to a guideline released by the provincial leading group on COVID-19 prevention and control on Tuesday.

A new round of mass acid testing was conducted in Changchun and Jilin city on Tuesday.

Changchun-based automaker FAW Group suspended operations at its five finished automobile plants in the city on Sunday, Changchun's industry and information technology bureau said. The date of resumption will be determined based on the overall epidemic prevention and control situation and related government requirements, the bureau said.

Despite the strong resurgence of cases, government departments are making efforts to ensure the smooth progress of spring plowing, Zhang said.

"As of Monday, over 80 percent of funds for spring plowing production had been raised, and 73.8 percent of seeds, 50.7 percent of fertilizers and 24.4 percent of pesticides had been sent to farmers," he said.