The latest news on Jilin’s lifting of lockdown in 2022: When is the lockdown expected to be lifted? Has the lockdown been lifted now?

Recently, the local epidemic in Jilin has attracted attention from all walks of life. In order to win the battle, the local authorities will achieve zero social contact within a week. According to the latest report on the epidemic in Jilin, there were only 35 new cases on March 18, which shows that the situation has improved. So what is the latest news about Jilin’s lifting of the lockdown? When is the blockade expected to be lifted? Has the lockdown been lifted now?

1. Latest news on Jilin’s lifting of lockdown in 2022

The local epidemic in Jilin is expected to be fully lifted around early April 2022. But this is just the experts' estimate and speculation. Jilin authorities have not issued any notice regarding the time of unblocking. This is because this round of epidemic in Jilin is highly clustered, including gatherings of senior students, rural areas, and social units, resulting in a more serious epidemic situation. Jilin City, Changyi District and Chaoyang District are areas with a large number of infections in this round of epidemic, and a ban on all cross-provincial, cross-city and cross-prefecture movement of personnel has been issued. Regarding when Jilin will be unblocked, Tuliu editor brings two good news:

1. First, the number of newly confirmed cases has been effectively controlled

According to the newly confirmed cases reported by Jilin in recent days, almost thousands of confirmed cases were reported every day from March 12 to 17. On March 18, there were only 35 new cases, which is good news for local residents. This shows that after the local area implemented the policy of zero-COVID in society, those reported as confirmed were basically those screened out during the control period. I believe that in about 7-14 days, we will usher in the good news that some communities in Jilin will be unsealed.

2. The second is the most stringent epidemic prevention and control policy

At present, in order to fully control the local epidemic, the Jilin Epidemic Prevention and Air Defense Office has implemented management measures such as preventing people from going out, suspending public transportation, requiring students to attend classes, and working from home. The purpose is to achieve zero social contact in the shortest possible time. After the zero-COVID situation is resolved, the good news of full lifting of the lockdown will generally come 14 days later. If you don’t believe it, you can refer to the last time when the epidemic in Xi’an was more serious, the lockdown was lifted in less than half a month after the social situation was cleared.

2. When is Jilin expected to be unsealed in 2022?

Jilin is expected to have the good news of unsealing some communities by the end of March, but the full unsealing may be later than this point in time. To fully unblock all communities, the first condition is that no new cases or asymptomatic infections occur within 14 days, and all epidemic risks must be eliminated. According to this calculation, Jilin will not be fully unsealed until early to mid-April, which is also the time after the Qingming Festival. Due to the large flow of people during the Qingming Festival, Jilin will not fully lift the lockdown, otherwise it will be held responsible. The following are the conditions for unblocking Jilin:

1. Condition 1 for lifting the lockdown in Jilin: No new cases or asymptomatic infections in the region in the past 14 days;

2. Jilin's second condition for lifting the lockdown: The last close contact in the area has been exposed for more than 14 days, or has been transferred to centralized isolation for more than 4 days and the nucleic acid test is negative;

3. Jilin’s third condition for lifting the lockdown: All personnel in the area complete a round of nucleic acid screening 2 days before the lockdown, and all tests are negative.

3. Has Jilin lifted the lockdown in 2022?

Jilin has not yet lifted the city lockdown as it is still implementing measures to prohibit people in the province from moving across provinces, cities and prefectures. All primary and secondary schools and kindergartens have suspended classes, and movement is not allowed unless necessary.

In general, the latest news about Jilin's unblocking in 2022 is that some communities are expected to be unblocked by the end of March, while the full unblocking will not be completed until early to mid-April. At present, Jilin has not yet lifted the city lockdown and is still implementing the strictest epidemic prevention policies.