The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in China’s northeastern province of Jilin. Changchun City, the provincial capital, has been under lockdown since March 11. Farmers who went there to do temporary work in the winter are stuck in the city and cannot return home for spring plowing and planting.
The Changchun City Pandemic Prevention Department issued an emergency notice on April 5 allowing farmers stranded in Changchun to return to their hometowns to get their crops planted, but a series of application procedures must be submitted to meet the various requirements. Among them, the farmers must be picked up by vehicles organized by their hometown authorities and stay at home for at least 7 days after arrival.
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