Prime Minister Li Keqiang Encourages Chinese Businesses to Produce

Li Keqiang, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China, explained the effects of the measures taken during the fight against the coronavirus epidemic on economic activity, and underlined the complex and risky situation in employment. The Chinese Prime Minister called on companies to return to production.

The drastic measures taken by the Chinese Government for the zero-case method deeply affect the country's economy. While the epidemic measures put pressure on economic activity, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang underlined the critical situation of employment in the country. In his letter to government departments and regional administrations, the Prime Minister warned companies to prioritize measures to help companies create jobs and tackle these challenges. Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang, called on companies to continue production with the coronavirus measures. The financial center Shanghai was the city with the highest number of cases. In the city, 215 cases showing signs of disease and 3 thousand 760 cases without symptoms were detected, 8 people died due to the virus. It has been stated that there have been more than 600,000 cases of Covid-19 in the port city of Shanghai since March 1. The "gradual closure" announced on March 28 in the port city was extended indefinitely in the whole city as the cases did not decrease. It has been announced that the measures will be lifted in places where there are no cases except quarantine zones. In the city, where quarantine measures have been ongoing for 6 weeks, manufacturing, construction and trade companies carried out their activities under closed-circuit epidemic protection measures. The epidemic caused by locally sourced cases, which was first seen on April 22 in the capital Beijing, continues. In the last 24 hours, 44 cases showing signs of disease and 18 cases not showing signs were detected in the city. On the weekend, a new round of group testing will be conducted in Çoyang district, where the cases are most severe, and in other central districts where cases have been reported since April 25. In the mainland of China, where the epidemic first broke out, 219 thousand 625 cases have been detected so far, 5 thousand 174 people have died.