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CHINA: More on the situation in Jilin City, via RTRS: "The northeast Chinese

city of Jilin is imposing fresh restrictions on travel in order to contain a new

coronavirus outbreak, with six new cases reported on Tuesday. Jilin has emerged

as the source of a potential new wave of infections and the neighbouring city of

Shulan was forced to adjust the risk level to "high" from "medium" at the

weekend. "The current COVID-19 situation is quite complex and severe, and there

is huge risk that the virus will spread further," said Gai Dongping, Jilin's

vice mayor. "In order to cut off the spread of the epidemic, we have decided to

implement control measures in the urban area of Jilin," she told a press

briefing on Wednesday. Five of the six new infections could be traced directly

to one confirmed case in Shulan, where a cluster infection was previously

identified, the local health commission said in a notice on Wednesday. Jilin is

the second largest city of Jilin province, which borders North Korea and Russia.

It will now temporarily suspend departing or transiting train services for

passengers."