Because of a rise in the number of infections across the country, the authorities closed schools in Shanghai and also imposed a quarantine in many northeastern cities, at a time when more than ten provinces in the country are working to contain local outbreaks of the virus.
And a partial closure was imposed in the city of Jilin in northeastern China, according to an official announced Sunday, due to the high number of Covid cases.
Zhang Yan, a health official in Jilin, said at a press conference that the outbreak shows that “the spread of the omicron mutant is hidden, highly contagious, rapid and difficult to detect in the early stages.”
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