THE vice mayor of China’s Jilin City, the second-largest city in Jilin Province, said yesterday the current COVID-19 situation is quite complex and the city will implement closed-off management of residential communities to tighten prevention and control measures in the region.

On Tuesday, six new cases were reported in Jilin City, all were domestically transmitted. The new cases could be traced directly to one confirmed case in Shulan City, where an infection cluster was previously reported.

Following the detection of the cluster, the Central Government has dispatched a team of experts to help cope with the situation in Shulan.

The vice mayor added that Jilin will take control measures in line with the high-risk standard. The city’s Fengman District is a medium-risk area, while Shulan, the county-level city administrated by the city of Jilin, remains a high-risk area.

Also, the Jilin train station in Northeast China’s Jilin Province announced temporary suspension of departures and ride-through services starting 6:00 a.m. yesterday until further notice.

Passengers who have already purchased tickets will be refunded.

The announcement came after the cluster of cases was reported in the province, which also led to the discovery of other cases in neighboring Liaoning Province.

According to the latest report from Jilin health commission, a total of 114 domestic and 19 imported cases had been reported as of Tuesday, out of which 92 local and 16 imported cases have recovered.

As of Tuesday, a total of 114 domestic and 19 imported cases had been reported in the province, according to the provincial health authority.

The National Health Commission said yesterday that it received reports of seven newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Tuesday, of which one was an imported case reported in Shanghai.

(CGTN)