Over 500 medics rush to NE China's Jilin to help fight COVID-19

Community staff prepare to scan the QR code for health check of a resident in the Chuanying District of Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, May 15, 2020. /Xinhua

Eight medical teams with over 500 staff have rushed to Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, the city's health official said Sunday at a press briefing.

Upon their arrival, the teams began conducting epidemiological investigation, sample collection, nucleic acid testing, medical treatment, among others, Liu Qizhi, director of the Jilin municipal health authority, told the conference.

On Sunday, the city's Fengman District raised its epidemic-risk level from medium to high following three new domestic cases, the only domestic COVID-19 cases recorded on the Chinese mainland, on Saturday.