The confinement is re-imposed in the city of Jilin, in the northeast of China, after new cases of Covid-19 | World

In Jilin, in the province of the same name that borders North Korea, the public transport has been suspended this Wednesday. The residents of the region were Forbidden to leave without having undergone tests coronavirus detection in the last 48 hours. Further, schools closed again as well as cinemas, gyms, coffee shops and parks.

Pharmacies must communicate to the authorities the names of those who buy painkillers and antiviral drugs, the mayor’s office warned on social media.

With more than 4 million inhabitants, the Jilin commune includes the city of Shulan, where a new outbreak was detected late last week.

Shulan reported six new cases on Wednesday, reaching 21 in this outbreak, which started with the infection of a laundry worker. Public transport has been suspended in the commune since Sunday.

There have been no new deaths reported in the country since April 7. Since January, 82,926 cases contagions were detected in China, with 4,633 deaths.