China's Jilin province upgraded to high-level pandemic risk after new virus cases

A medical worker collects sample for Covid-19 testing at the Tongji community in Shulan in northeastern China's Jilin Province. Authorities have tightened restrictions in parts of Jilin province in response to a local cluster. The city also tightened social distancing restrictions in response to the new cases. - AP

CHANGCHUN: Northeast China's Jilin Province reported two new confirmed Covid-19 cases following another three earlier, local health authorities said Monday (May 18).

The provincial health commission said both the two domestically transmitted cases in the city of jilin were close contacts of earlier confirmed cases.