City helps shield the nation from outbreaks

Donations totaling more than 2.5 billion yuan ($392 million) and materials worth 37.3 million yuan had been received in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, by the middle of last month as local efforts to combat COVID-19 nationwide were boosted.

Ruili lies at the forefront of the prefecture's battle against the virus. As the county-level city is bordered by Myanmar on three sides, there is a heightened risk of infections being imported.

As of Nov 11, more than 1,200 locally transmitted or imported infections had been treated in Ruili, officials said.