Northeast Chinese city adopts tougher anti-epidemic measures

Authorities in Jilin City of northeast China's Jilin Province have adopted a number of more stringent measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic.

The measures include suspending all coach and tourist charter bus services and applying closed-off management to all the city's residential communities and villages.

The measures came after Shulan, a county-level city administered by the city of Jilin, recently reported multiple domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases.