China on Wednesday reported four new confirmed cases in the northeastern province of Jilin and one imported case – bringing the total number of cases to 82,965.
Earlier this month, an infected laundry worker in Shulan city was found to have spread the virus to 11 others.
Shulan was declared a high-risk area and has entered a state of lockdown – all outbound transport has been stopped.
Several cases were later recorded in Jilin city and the province has now seen a total of 133 confirmed locally transmitted cases, according to state media.
There are now fears that the province could emerge as the centre of new infections in China – even as life starts to go back to normal for the rest of the country.
Source:Â bbc.com