Tonghua readies massive COVID quarantine facility By ZHOU HUIYING in Harbin | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-01-26 06:57 Share CLOSE A medical worker collects swab samples for COVID-19 screening at a residential area in Dongchang district of Tonghua, Northeast China s Jilin province, Jan 25, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A new quarantine facility with 1,186 rooms is under construction in Tonghua, Jilin province, and is expected to be finished on Wednesday, local authorities said.
Construction on the 48,000-square-meter facility started on Thursday at Tonghua Bonded Logistics Center.
Tonghua has been heavily affected by an outbreak that started on Jan 12, when the first positive COVID-19 case was reported. There were 196 confirmed cases and 50 asymptomatic carriers in the city as of Sunday.
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