In China, more than 25 million people have been confined again since May 17. A decision taken following the reappearance of new cases of Covid-19 in the province of Jilin.
34 new cases of Covid-19 which have a major impact: China has just decided to confine more than 25 million people again following these new contaminations which occurred in the province of Jilin, in the northeast of the country bordering North Korea.
The authorities of the city of Shulan (670,000 inhabitants) have, according to information from Bloomberg, taken the decision to isolate the districts in which cases of Covid-19 have been detected and those in which suspected cases appear. The inhabitants of these sectors will have to be confined to their homes again, a very strict approach since it only authorizes the exit of a single person per household for two hours and only every two days for the supply necessary for the everyday life.
China’s sensitivity to the risk of a second wave
This confinement also implies a stoppage of transport, the bus and the trains being unable to enter or leave this area.
China has this time taken the lead while the number of cases of people infected since the resumption of the epidemic in this province remains limited. This shows the country’s sensitivity to the risk of a second wave since the containment measures taken this winter in Wuhan, the city where the SARS-CoV-2 virus appeared, had only been put in place after several thousands of cases.
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