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China's Jilin province in 'last ditch' COVID battle-party official

FILE PHOTO: Workers in protective suits disinfect themselves amid the snow at a nucleic acid testing site, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Changchun, Jilin province, China March 15, 2022. China Daily via REUTERS

China's Jilin province was "in a last-ditch battle" against COVID-19, according to a senior Communist Party official, as the northeastern region bordering North Korea and Russia accounted for three-quarters of China's total new cases on Wednesday.

Authorities have called for blanket testing in Jilin, with provincial Communist Party secretary Jing Junhai urging health departments to ensure "not a single person is missed", the official Jilin Daily newspaper reported.

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